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John Milton Quotes on Poetic Imagery

Explore John Milton’s timeless quotes on Poetic Imagery, including thoughts on Poetic Imagery. Discover the best John Milton Poetic Imagery quotes.

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Sable-vested Night eldest of things

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

Night, Primordial, Darkness, Nature, Poetic Imagery

O welcome pure-eyed Faith white handed Hope Thou hovering angel

2. “O welcome pure-eyed Faith, white handed Hope, Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.”

Faith, Hope, Divine Inspiration, Spirituality, Poetic Imagery

Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile to hear His famine

3. “Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd.”

Death, Personification, Horror, Famine, Poetic Imagery

Now came still evening on; and twilight gray Had in

4. “Now came still evening on; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad: Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to they grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale.”

Evening, Nature, Silence, Rest, Poetic Imagery

O'er many a frozen many a fiery Alp Rocks caves

5. “O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death.”

Nature, Landscape, Danger, Journey, Poetic Imagery

How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence

6. “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!”

Night, Silence, Beauty, Darkness, Poetic Imagery

The gay motes that people the sunbeams

7. “The gay motes that people the sunbeams.”

Nature, Light, Beauty, Observation, Poetic Imagery

Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit

8. “Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.”

Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery

Cedar and pine and fir and branching palm A sylvan

9. “Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.”

Nature, Trees, Landscape, Beauty, Poetic Imagery

Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the

10. “Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging low with sullen roar.”

Evening, Sound, Landscape, Melancholy, Poetic Imagery

The mountain nymph sweet Liberty

11. “The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.”

Liberty, Nature, Freedom, Personification, Poetic Imagery

To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle

12. “To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise.”

Nature, Dawn, Birdsong, Awakening, Poetic Imagery

O fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted Soft silken

13. “O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.”

Beauty, Transience, Nature, Mortality, Poetic Imagery

The winds with wonder whist Smoothly the waters kisst

14. “The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kisst.”

Nature, Tranquility, Harmony, Poetic Imagery, Alliteration

From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale The

15. “From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale The parting genius is with sighing sent.”

Nature, Spirits, Melancholy, Departure, Poetic Imagery

Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the

16. “Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.”

Nature, Beauty, Hidden Treasure, Ocean, Poetic Imagery