O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.
John Milton
Beauty, Transience, Nature, Mortality, Poetic Imagery
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“O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!” John Milton
Darkness, Despair, Blindness, Hopelessness, Personal Lament
John Milton Darkness, Despair, Blindness, Hopelessness, Personal Lament“Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply, Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope.” John Milton
Temptation, Failure, Deception, Hope, Divine Victory
John Milton Temptation, Failure, Deception, Hope, Divine Victory“Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace.” John Milton
Deception, Reason, Sloth, Peace, Temptation
John Milton Deception, Reason, Sloth, Peace, Temptation“The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.” John Milton
Darkness, Loneliness, Despair, Nature, Emotional State
John Milton Darkness, Loneliness, Despair, Nature, Emotional State“A short retirement urges a sweet return.” John Milton
Absence, Return, Appreciation, Relationships, Time
John Milton Absence, Return, Appreciation, Relationships, Time“Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.” John Milton
Celebration, Night, Joy, Festivity, Indulgence
John Milton Celebration, Night, Joy, Festivity, Indulgence“In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.” John Milton
Nature, Spring, Appreciation, Joy, Harmony
John Milton Nature, Spring, Appreciation, Joy, Harmony“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“Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, comes dancing from the east.” John Milton
Morning, Hope, New Beginnings, Nature, Celestial Imagery
John Milton Morning, Hope, New Beginnings, Nature, Celestial Imagery“To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.” John Milton
Weakness, Misery, Action, Suffering, Human Condition
John Milton Weakness, Misery, Action, Suffering, Human Condition“This manner of writing wherein knowing myself inferior to myself? I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand.” John Milton
Writing, Self-awareness, Limitation, Ability, Humility
John Milton Writing, Self-awareness, Limitation, Ability, Humility“The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.” John Milton
Spiritual Hunger, Leadership, Neglect, Metaphor, Social Criticism
John Milton Spiritual Hunger, Leadership, Neglect, Metaphor, Social Criticism“Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.” John Milton
Contemplation, Wisdom, Reflection, Self-improvement, Intellectual Growth
John Milton Contemplation, Wisdom, Reflection, Self-improvement, Intellectual Growth“Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!” John Milton
Nature, Music, Solitude, Melancholy, Wisdom
John Milton Nature, Music, Solitude, Melancholy, Wisdom“These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!” John Milton
Divine Creation, Gratitude, Nature, Goodness, Wonder
John Milton Divine Creation, Gratitude, Nature, Goodness, Wonder“Death ready stands to interpose his dart.” John Milton
Death, Mortality, Threat, Inevitability, Human Vulnerability
John Milton Death, Mortality, Threat, Inevitability, Human Vulnerability