See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing.
John Milton
Golden Age, Virtue, Joy, Love, Triumph
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“Sweetest Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell, By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale.” John Milton
Nature, Mythology, Poetry, Sound, Beauty
John Milton Nature, Mythology, Poetry, Sound, Beauty“Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of Eternity.” John Milton
Aspiration, Eternity, Spiritual Journey, Divine Reward, Human Potential
John Milton Aspiration, Eternity, Spiritual Journey, Divine Reward, Human Potential“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“Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.” John Milton
Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility
John Milton Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility“Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.” John Milton
Divine Providence, Trials, Strength, Faith, Personal Growth
John Milton Divine Providence, Trials, Strength, Faith, Personal Growth“Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.” John Milton
Truth, Study, Learning, Tranquility, Intellectual Pursuit
John Milton Truth, Study, Learning, Tranquility, Intellectual Pursuit“No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.” John Milton
Freedom, Human Rights, Equality, Natural Law, Political Philosophy
John Milton Freedom, Human Rights, Equality, Natural Law, Political Philosophy“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“Celestial light, shine inward, that I may see and tell of things invisible to mortal sight.” John Milton
Divine Inspiration, Insight, Vision, Spiritual Enlightenment, Poetic Invocation
John Milton Divine Inspiration, Insight, Vision, Spiritual Enlightenment, Poetic Invocation“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“Such sober certainty of waking bliss.” John Milton
Happiness, Certainty, Contentment, Consciousness, Joy
John Milton Happiness, Certainty, Contentment, Consciousness, Joy“Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear.” John Milton
Hope, Fear, Emotions, Farewell, Human Condition
John Milton Hope, Fear, Emotions, Farewell, Human Condition“From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale The parting genius is with sighing sent.” John Milton
Nature, Spirits, Melancholy, Departure, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Spirits, Melancholy, Departure, Poetic Imagery“All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.” John Milton
Divine Providence, Doubt, Wisdom, Faith, Optimism
John Milton Divine Providence, Doubt, Wisdom, Faith, Optimism“Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.” John Milton
Sacrifice, Sea, Mythology, Offering, Nature
John Milton Sacrifice, Sea, Mythology, Offering, Nature“So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.” John Milton
Temptation, Fall Of Man, Deception, Sin, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Temptation, Fall Of Man, Deception, Sin, Biblical Allusion“What am I pondering, you ask? So help me God, immortality.” John Milton
Immortality, Contemplation, Divine Assistance, Human Aspiration, Eternity
John Milton Immortality, Contemplation, Divine Assistance, Human Aspiration, Eternity“I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death.” John Milton
Listening, Music, Inspiration, Transformation, Spiritual Awakening
John Milton Listening, Music, Inspiration, Transformation, Spiritual Awakening