Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given, That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and Misery, Death's harbinger.
John Milton
Divine Judgment, Sin, Death, Misery, Fallen World
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“Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn.” John Milton
Stars, Dawn, Beauty, Nature, Transition
John Milton Stars, Dawn, Beauty, Nature, Transition“O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.” John Milton
Fallen State, Regret, Past Glory, Sun, Divine Punishment
John Milton Fallen State, Regret, Past Glory, Sun, Divine Punishment“Suffering for truth's sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.” John Milton
Truth, Suffering, Fortitude, Victory, Faith
John Milton Truth, Suffering, Fortitude, Victory, Faith“Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear.” John Milton
Hope, Fear, Emotions, Farewell, Human Condition
John Milton Hope, Fear, Emotions, Farewell, Human Condition“The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger.” John Milton
Fear, Nature, Darkness, Journey, Danger
John Milton Fear, Nature, Darkness, Journey, Danger“To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.” John Milton
Blindness, Suffering, Resilience, Perspective, Human Condition
John Milton Blindness, Suffering, Resilience, Perspective, Human Condition“Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.” John Milton
Free Will, Human Nature, Moral Choice, Divine Creation, Fall Of Man
John Milton Free Will, Human Nature, Moral Choice, Divine Creation, Fall Of Man“Blind mouths! That scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook.” John Milton
Ignorance, Incompetence, Leadership, Criticism, Metaphor
John Milton Ignorance, Incompetence, Leadership, Criticism, Metaphor“It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world.” John Milton
Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Fall Of Man, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Fall Of Man, Biblical Allusion“I thence invoke my thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.” John Milton
Inspiration, Ambition, Poetry, Creativity, Literary Aspiration
John Milton Inspiration, Ambition, Poetry, Creativity, Literary Aspiration“Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.” John Milton
Virtue, Inner Light, Moral Strength, Guidance, Self-reliance
John Milton Virtue, Inner Light, Moral Strength, Guidance, Self-reliance“No war or battle sound was heard the world around.” John Milton
Peace, Silence, Utopia, Global Harmony, Ideal World
John Milton Peace, Silence, Utopia, Global Harmony, Ideal World“It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.” John Milton
Nativity, Winter, Jesus, Humility, Christianity
John Milton Nativity, Winter, Jesus, Humility, Christianity“Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.” John Milton
Poetry, Imagination, Nature, Theater, Literary Appreciation
John Milton Poetry, Imagination, Nature, Theater, Literary Appreciation“Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse.” John Milton
Conscience, Despair, Memory, Regret, Moral Awakening
John Milton Conscience, Despair, Memory, Regret, Moral Awakening“For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.” John Milton
Liberty, Virtue, Responsibility, Morality, Power
John Milton Liberty, Virtue, Responsibility, Morality, Power“Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.” John Milton
Self-esteem, Morality, Justice, Personal Growth, Virtue
John Milton Self-esteem, Morality, Justice, Personal Growth, Virtue“Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.” John Milton
Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility
John Milton Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility