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
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“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“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
John Milton Virtue, Freedom, Aspiration, Moral Strength, Divine Favor“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” John Milton
Gratitude, Reverence, Epiphany, Life Experience, Spirituality
John Milton Gratitude, Reverence, Epiphany, Life Experience, Spirituality“The helmed Cherubim, And sworded Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.” John Milton
Angels, Celestial Beings, Divine Army, Heavenly Order, Imagery
John Milton Angels, Celestial Beings, Divine Army, Heavenly Order, Imagery“The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this soil; Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon.” John Milton
Potential, Environment, Perception, Hidden Value, Nature
John Milton Potential, Environment, Perception, Hidden Value, Nature“How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!” John Milton
Time, Youth, Aging, Reflection, Personal Experience
John Milton Time, Youth, Aging, Reflection, Personal Experience“Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union of mind, or in us both one soul.” John Milton
Love, Harmony, Virtue, Relationship, Unity
John Milton Love, Harmony, Virtue, Relationship, Unity“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“Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.” John Milton
Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery“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“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“Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.” John Milton
Darkness, Foreboding, Cosmic Event, Ominous Imagery, Nature
John Milton Darkness, Foreboding, Cosmic Event, Ominous Imagery, Nature“Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.” John Milton
Beauty, Nature, Display, Society, Admiration
John Milton Beauty, Nature, Display, Society, Admiration“He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay.” John Milton
Music, Poetry, Creativity, Expression, Artistic Skill
John Milton Music, Poetry, Creativity, Expression, Artistic Skill“Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.” John Milton
Justice, Mercy, Balance, Satisfaction, Divine Judgment
John Milton Justice, Mercy, Balance, Satisfaction, Divine Judgment“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“Pandemonium, the palace of Satan rises, suddenly built of the deep: the infernal peers there sit in council.” John Milton
Hell, Satan, Evil, Council, Cosmic Order
John Milton Hell, Satan, Evil, Council, Cosmic Order