Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep.
John Milton
Nature, Sleep, Tranquility, Imagery, Sensory Experience
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“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.” John Milton
Freedom, Morality, Virtue, License, Human Nature
John Milton Freedom, Morality, Virtue, License, Human Nature“That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness.” John Milton
Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity
John Milton Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity“Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.” John Milton
Luck, Birth, Supernatural, Blessing, Destiny
John Milton Luck, Birth, Supernatural, Blessing, Destiny“A man may be ungrateful, but the human race is not so.” John Milton
Gratitude, Humanity, Individual Vs Collective, Optimism, Human Nature
John Milton Gratitude, Humanity, Individual Vs Collective, Optimism, Human Nature“Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.” John Milton
Love, Happiness, Relationship, Fulfillment, Human Connection
John Milton Love, Happiness, Relationship, Fulfillment, Human Connection“Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find?” John Milton
Solitude, Companionship, Happiness, Human Connection, Fulfillment
John Milton Solitude, Companionship, Happiness, Human Connection, Fulfillment“What can 'scape the eye Of God, all-seeing, or deceive His heart. Omniscient!” John Milton
Omniscience, Divine Knowledge, God, Deception, Human Limitation
John Milton Omniscience, Divine Knowledge, God, Deception, Human Limitation“Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.” John Milton
Solitude, Peace, Retreat, Nature, Self-reflection
John Milton Solitude, Peace, Retreat, Nature, Self-reflection“He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.” John Milton
Inner Light, Conscience, Darkness, Self-imprisonment, Moral State
John Milton Inner Light, Conscience, Darkness, Self-imprisonment, Moral State“A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, – as stars to thee appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powder'd with stars.” John Milton
Celestial Imagery, Cosmic Beauty, Starry Sky, Heavenly Path, Divine Realm
John Milton Celestial Imagery, Cosmic Beauty, Starry Sky, Heavenly Path, Divine Realm“Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.” John Milton
Danger, Failure, Ambition, Human Nature, Metaphor
John Milton Danger, Failure, Ambition, Human Nature, Metaphor“Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.” John Milton
Night, Primordial, Darkness, Nature, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Night, Primordial, Darkness, Nature, Poetic Imagery“Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.” John Milton
Hell, Wealth, Corruption, Evil, Moral Warning
John Milton Hell, Wealth, Corruption, Evil, Moral Warning“Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause of truth.” John Milton
Divine Service, Perseverance, Truth, Moral Victory, Faith
John Milton Divine Service, Perseverance, Truth, Moral Victory, Faith“Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.” John Milton
England, National Pride, Leadership, Civilization, Moral Guidance
John Milton England, National Pride, Leadership, Civilization, Moral Guidance“Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.” John Milton
Prudence, Wisdom, Discernment, Circumstance, Virtue
John Milton Prudence, Wisdom, Discernment, Circumstance, Virtue