What am I pondering, you ask? So help me God, immortality.
John Milton
Immortality, Contemplation, Divine Assistance, Human Aspiration, Eternity
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“Nor aught availed him now to have built in heaven high towers; nor did he scrape by all his engines, but was headlong sent with his industrious crew to build in hell.” John Milton
Pride, Fall, Divine Punishment, Hell, Ambition
John Milton Pride, Fall, Divine Punishment, Hell, Ambition“The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground.” John Milton
Conquest, Culture, Preservation, Respect, Historical Reference
John Milton Conquest, Culture, Preservation, Respect, Historical Reference“Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.” John Milton
Nature, Trees, Landscape, Beauty, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Trees, Landscape, Beauty, Poetic Imagery“The rising world of waters dark and deep.” John Milton
Creation, Chaos, Depth, Primordial Waters, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Creation, Chaos, Depth, Primordial Waters, Biblical Allusion“Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!” John Milton
Strength, Happiness, Love, Obedience, Divine Command
John Milton Strength, Happiness, Love, Obedience, Divine Command“In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause.” John Milton
Gender, Argument, Injustice, Society, Inequality
John Milton Gender, Argument, Injustice, Society, Inequality“Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.” John Milton
Revenge, Consequences, Bitterness, Moral Lesson, Human Nature
John Milton Revenge, Consequences, Bitterness, Moral Lesson, Human Nature“Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden placed, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrivalled love In blissful solitude.” John Milton
Eden, Adam And Eve, Paradise, Love, Innocence
John Milton Eden, Adam And Eve, Paradise, Love, Innocence“What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?” John Milton
Feast, Refinement, Greek Culture, Intellectual Pleasure, Companionship
John Milton Feast, Refinement, Greek Culture, Intellectual Pleasure, Companionship“Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.” John Milton
Peace, Victory, War, Achievement, Human Progress
John Milton Peace, Victory, War, Achievement, Human Progress“Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall Him or his children.” John Milton
Fate, Prophecy, Future, Free Will, Human Destiny
John Milton Fate, Prophecy, Future, Free Will, Human Destiny“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“Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach.” John Milton
Eternity, Infinity, Mystery, Cosmic Scale, Human Limitation
John Milton Eternity, Infinity, Mystery, Cosmic Scale, Human Limitation“Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.” John Milton
Books, Knowledge, Destruction, Reason, Human Value
John Milton Books, Knowledge, Destruction, Reason, Human Value“Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.” John Milton
Wisdom, Philosophy, Vanity, Skepticism, Human Knowledge
John Milton Wisdom, Philosophy, Vanity, Skepticism, Human Knowledge“O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.” John Milton
Nature, Love, Hope, Spring, Birdsong
John Milton Nature, Love, Hope, Spring, Birdsong“On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.” John Milton
Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural, Playfulness, Imagery
John Milton Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural, Playfulness, Imagery“Live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.” John Milton
Nature, Authenticity, Criticism, Human Behavior, Moral Exhortation
John Milton Nature, Authenticity, Criticism, Human Behavior, Moral Exhortation“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“Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain? That the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain?” John Milton
Suffering, Strength, Loss, Pain, Artistic Creation
John Milton Suffering, Strength, Loss, Pain, Artistic Creation