Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.
John Milton
Virtue, Freedom, Aspiration, Moral Strength, Divine Favor
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“Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.” John Milton
Melancholy, Purity, Solemnity, Personification, Imagery
John Milton Melancholy, Purity, Solemnity, Personification, Imagery“I must not quarrel with the will Of highest dispensation, which herein, Haply had ends above my reach to know.” John Milton
Divine Will, Acceptance, Human Limitation, Faith, Cosmic Purpose
John Milton Divine Will, Acceptance, Human Limitation, Faith, Cosmic Purpose“Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive.” John Milton
Beauty, Weakness, Captivity, Perception, Moral Strength
John Milton Beauty, Weakness, Captivity, Perception, Moral Strength“Where the bright seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.” John Milton
Angels, Heaven, Music, Divine Glory, Celestial Imagery
John Milton Angels, Heaven, Music, Divine Glory, Celestial Imagery“To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.” John Milton
Wisdom, Daily Life, Practicality, Present Moment, Knowledge
John Milton Wisdom, Daily Life, Practicality, Present Moment, Knowledge“For solitude sometimes is best society and short retirement urges sweet return.” John Milton
Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth
John Milton Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth“Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.” John Milton
Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process
John Milton Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process“More safe I sing with mortal voice, unchang'd To hoarse or mute, though fall'n on evil days, On evil days though fall'n, and evil tongues.” John Milton
Perseverance, Adversity, Poetry, Moral Strength, Human Voice
John Milton Perseverance, Adversity, Poetry, Moral Strength, Human Voice“Unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing.” John Milton
Aging, Ambition, Limitations, Creativity, Human Condition
John Milton Aging, Ambition, Limitations, Creativity, Human Condition“If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore, With God or man will gain thee no remission.” John Milton
Weakness, Sin, Excuse, Divine Judgment, Moral Responsibility
John Milton Weakness, Sin, Excuse, Divine Judgment, Moral Responsibility“Ah gentle pair, ye little think how nigh Your change approaches, when all these delights Will vanish and deliver ye to woe, More woe, the more your taste is now of joy.” John Milton
Innocence, Impending Doom, Joy, Sorrow, Fall Of Man
John Milton Innocence, Impending Doom, Joy, Sorrow, Fall Of Man“Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?” John Milton
Divine Inspiration, Mortal Limitation, Enchantment, Beauty, Transcendence
John Milton Divine Inspiration, Mortal Limitation, Enchantment, Beauty, Transcendence“Freely we serve, Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not; in this we stand or fall.” John Milton
Free Will, Love, Service, Choice, Moral Responsibility
John Milton Free Will, Love, Service, Choice, Moral Responsibility“I see thou art implacable, more deaf To pray'rs than winds and seas. Yet winds to seas Are reconcil'd at length, and sea to shore: Thy anger, unappeasable, still rages Eternal tempest never to be calm'd.” John Milton
Anger, Reconciliation, Nature, Human Emotion, Divine Wrath
John Milton Anger, Reconciliation, Nature, Human Emotion, Divine Wrath“For truth is strong next to the Almighty. She needs no policies or stratagems or licensings to make her victorious. These are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power.” John Milton
Truth, Strength, Divine Power, Error, Moral Victory
John Milton Truth, Strength, Divine Power, Error, Moral Victory“Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.” John Milton
Love, Gender Roles, Submission, Courtship, Desire
John Milton Love, Gender Roles, Submission, Courtship, Desire“Where no hope is left, is left no fear.” John Milton
Hope, Fear, Despair, Human Condition, Emotional State
John Milton Hope, Fear, Despair, Human Condition, Emotional State