John Milton Quotes on Night

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1. “Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.”

John Milton

Night, Primordial, Darkness, Nature, Poetic Imagery

2. “How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!”

John Milton

Night, Silence, Beauty, Darkness, Poetic Imagery

3. “What hath night to do with sleep?”

John Milton

Night, Sleep, Wakefulness, Time, Human Nature

4. “Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress.”

John Milton

Fantasy, Nature, Imagination, Night, Supernatural

5. “Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.”

John Milton

Celebration, Night, Joy, Festivity, Indulgence

6. “Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.”

John Milton

Night, Sleep, Peace, Tranquility, Nature

7. “Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.”

John Milton

Supernatural, Virginity, Protection, Night, Folklore

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