The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.
John Milton
Nature, Birds, Mythology, Power, Imagery
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“Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.” John Milton
Opinion, Knowledge, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Intellectual Development
John Milton Opinion, Knowledge, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Intellectual Development“O welcome pure-eyed Faith, white handed Hope, Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.” John Milton
Faith, Hope, Divine Inspiration, Spirituality, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Faith, Hope, Divine Inspiration, Spirituality, Poetic Imagery“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“It is Chastity, my brother. She that has that is clad in complete steel.” John Milton
Chastity, Virtue, Protection, Moral Strength, Personification
John Milton Chastity, Virtue, Protection, Moral Strength, Personification“Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return.” John Milton
Mortality, Origin, Human Condition, Cycle Of Life, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Mortality, Origin, Human Condition, Cycle Of Life, Biblical Allusion“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“A beardless cynic is the shame of nature.” John Milton
Cynicism, Youth, Nature, Criticism, Maturity
John Milton Cynicism, Youth, Nature, Criticism, Maturity“Now I see Peace to corrupt no less than war to waste.” John Milton
Peace, Corruption, War, Destruction, Moral Equivalence
John Milton Peace, Corruption, War, Destruction, Moral Equivalence“Virtue that wavers is not virtue.” John Milton
Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character
John Milton Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character“I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.” John Milton
Defense, Silence, Integrity, False Accusation, Moral Strength
John Milton Defense, Silence, Integrity, False Accusation, Moral Strength“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“With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.” John Milton
Nature, Melancholy, Flowers, Poetry, Imagery
John Milton Nature, Melancholy, Flowers, Poetry, Imagery“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“Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.” John Milton
Infinity, Mystery, Vastness, Philosophical Contemplation, Cosmic Scale
John Milton Infinity, Mystery, Vastness, Philosophical Contemplation, Cosmic Scale“For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.” John Milton
Hypocrisy, Evil, Divine Perception, Human Limitation, Morality
John Milton Hypocrisy, Evil, Divine Perception, Human Limitation, Morality“Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.” John Milton
Darkness, Foreboding, Cosmic Event, Ominous Imagery, Nature
John Milton Darkness, Foreboding, Cosmic Event, Ominous Imagery, Nature“Eloquence the soul, song charms the senses.” John Milton
Eloquence, Music, Soul, Senses, Artistic Expression
John Milton Eloquence, Music, Soul, Senses, Artistic Expression“Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...” John Milton
Reconciliation, Hate, Forgiveness, Human Nature, Conflict
John Milton Reconciliation, Hate, Forgiveness, Human Nature, Conflict