These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss.
John Milton
Love, Paradise, Happiness, Relationship, Bliss
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“Still paying, still to owe. Eternal woe!” John Milton
Debt, Suffering, Eternity, Damnation, Consequence
John Milton Debt, Suffering, Eternity, Damnation, Consequence“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“Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive.” John Milton
Beauty, Weakness, Captivity, Perception, Moral Strength
John Milton Beauty, Weakness, Captivity, Perception, Moral Strength“Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep.” John Milton
Nature, Sleep, Tranquility, Imagery, Sensory Experience
John Milton Nature, Sleep, Tranquility, Imagery, Sensory Experience“Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.” John Milton
Fame, Duality, Reputation, Human Nature, Ambiguity
John Milton Fame, Duality, Reputation, Human Nature, Ambiguity“Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.” John Milton
Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process
John Milton Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process“The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.” John Milton
Liberty, Conscience, Freedom, Human Rights, Morality
John Milton Liberty, Conscience, Freedom, Human Rights, Morality“Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.” John Milton
Hell, Evil, Hierarchy, Chaos, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Hell, Evil, Hierarchy, Chaos, Biblical Allusion“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.” John Milton
Death, Eternity, Afterlife, Transition, Metaphor
John Milton Death, Eternity, Afterlife, Transition, Metaphor“This is servitude, To serve the unwise.” John Milton
Servitude, Wisdom, Leadership, Social Criticism, Folly
John Milton Servitude, Wisdom, Leadership, Social Criticism, Folly“Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.” John Milton
Freedom, Mind, Resilience, Inner Strength, Defiance
John Milton Freedom, Mind, Resilience, Inner Strength, Defiance“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“Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse Contemplation, she plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings that in the various bustle of resort were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.” John Milton
Wisdom, Solitude, Contemplation, Growth, Inner Peace
John Milton Wisdom, Solitude, Contemplation, Growth, Inner Peace“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“So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt.” John Milton
Chastity, Virtue, Divine Protection, Purity, Angelic Guardianship
John Milton Chastity, Virtue, Divine Protection, Purity, Angelic Guardianship“Innumerable as the stars of night, Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.” John Milton
Nature, Abundance, Beauty, Imagery, Cosmic Scale
John Milton Nature, Abundance, Beauty, Imagery, Cosmic Scale“Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.” John Milton
Night, Sleep, Peace, Tranquility, Nature
John Milton Night, Sleep, Peace, Tranquility, Nature“That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness.” John Milton
Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity
John Milton Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity