The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.
John Milton
Divine Message, Enchantment, Adam, Angelic Voice, Attention
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“There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.” John Milton
Truth, Persecution, Tolerance, Justice, Religious Freedom
John Milton Truth, Persecution, Tolerance, Justice, Religious Freedom“It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.” John Milton
Nativity, Winter, Jesus, Humility, Christianity
John Milton Nativity, Winter, Jesus, Humility, Christianity“O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne My part of evil only.” John Milton
Foresight, Ignorance, Future, Evil, Burden Of Knowledge
John Milton Foresight, Ignorance, Future, Evil, Burden Of Knowledge“Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers – If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular.” John Milton
Power, Hierarchy, Divine Order, Cosmic Structure, Authority
John Milton Power, Hierarchy, Divine Order, Cosmic Structure, Authority“The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.” John Milton
Choice, Providence, Journey, Fall Of Man, New Beginnings
John Milton Choice, Providence, Journey, Fall Of Man, New Beginnings“What is dark within me, illumine.” John Milton
Enlightenment, Self-knowledge, Inner Darkness, Spiritual Growth, Divine Guidance
John Milton Enlightenment, Self-knowledge, Inner Darkness, Spiritual Growth, Divine Guidance“To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.” John Milton
Weakness, Misery, Action, Suffering, Human Condition
John Milton Weakness, Misery, Action, Suffering, Human Condition“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“It is not virtue, wisdom, valour, wit, Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit, That woman's love can win, or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit.” John Milton
Love, Mystery, Human Nature, Attraction, Relationships
John Milton Love, Mystery, Human Nature, Attraction, Relationships“With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.” John Milton
Love, Beauty, Divinity, Color, Emotion
John Milton Love, Beauty, Divinity, Color, Emotion“Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.” John Milton
Contemplation, Wisdom, Reflection, Self-improvement, Intellectual Growth
John Milton Contemplation, Wisdom, Reflection, Self-improvement, Intellectual Growth“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“Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.” John Milton
Reason, Emotion, Love, Humanity, Animal Nature
John Milton Reason, Emotion, Love, Humanity, Animal Nature“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“If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.” John Milton
Censorship, Regulation, Freedom, Pleasure, Societal Control
John Milton Censorship, Regulation, Freedom, Pleasure, Societal Control“Day and night, Seed-time and harvest, heat and hoary frost Shall hold their course, till fire purge all things new.” John Milton
Nature, Cycles, Time, Renewal, Apocalypse
John Milton Nature, Cycles, Time, Renewal, Apocalypse“Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.” John Milton
Despair, Hell, Hopelessness, Suffering, Damnation
John Milton Despair, Hell, Hopelessness, Suffering, Damnation“Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.” John Milton
Innocence, Experience, Darkness, Human Nature, Irreversibility
John Milton Innocence, Experience, Darkness, Human Nature, Irreversibility