Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave.
John Milton
Nature, Chaos, Birth, Death, Cosmic Cycle
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“Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd.” John Milton
Death, Personification, Horror, Famine, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Death, Personification, Horror, Famine, Poetic Imagery“Should God create another Eve, and I Another Rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no no, I feel The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh, Bone of my Bone thou art, and from thy State Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.” John Milton
Love, Creation, Unity, Commitment, Adam And Eve
John Milton Love, Creation, Unity, Commitment, Adam And Eve“On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.” John Milton
Nativity, Simplicity, Love, Pastoral Life, Human Nature
John Milton Nativity, Simplicity, Love, Pastoral Life, Human Nature“Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.” John Milton
Goodness, Perception, Innocence, Judgment, Moral Purity
John Milton Goodness, Perception, Innocence, Judgment, Moral Purity“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
John Milton Supernatural, Virginity, Protection, Night, Folklore“The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.” John Milton
Liberty, Nature, Freedom, Personification, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Liberty, Nature, Freedom, Personification, Poetic Imagery“Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all.” John Milton
Divine Justice, Faith, Skepticism, Human Understanding, Theodicy
John Milton Divine Justice, Faith, Skepticism, Human Understanding, Theodicy“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“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“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.” John Milton
Nature, Dawn, Birdsong, Awakening, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Dawn, Birdsong, Awakening, Poetic Imagery“What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the ground?” John Milton
Humility, Repentance, Divine Worship, Confession, Reverence
John Milton Humility, Repentance, Divine Worship, Confession, Reverence“Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry.” John Milton
Chaos, Nature, Elemental Forces, Cosmic Struggle, Primordial State
John Milton Chaos, Nature, Elemental Forces, Cosmic Struggle, Primordial State“Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.” John Milton
Night, Primordial, Darkness, Nature, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Night, Primordial, Darkness, Nature, Poetic Imagery“Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a groveling swine?” John Milton
Mythology, Temptation, Transformation, Magic, Human Nature
John Milton Mythology, Temptation, Transformation, Magic, Human Nature“Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please and sate the curious taste?” John Milton
Nature, Abundance, Purpose, Curiosity, Divine Providence
John Milton Nature, Abundance, Purpose, Curiosity, Divine Providence