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
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“The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.” John Milton
Liberty, Nature, Freedom, Personification, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Liberty, Nature, Freedom, Personification, Poetic Imagery“Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?” John Milton
Divine Inspiration, Mortal Limitation, Enchantment, Beauty, Transcendence
John Milton Divine Inspiration, Mortal Limitation, Enchantment, Beauty, Transcendence“He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.” John Milton
Inner Light, Conscience, Darkness, Self-imprisonment, Moral State
John Milton Inner Light, Conscience, Darkness, Self-imprisonment, Moral State“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“Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighboring eyes.” John Milton
Nature, Beauty, Landscape, Pastoral, Poetry
John Milton Nature, Beauty, Landscape, Pastoral, Poetry“The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and dischargd; what burden then?” John Milton
Gratitude, Debt, Paradox, Spiritual Growth, Divine Grace
John Milton Gratitude, Debt, Paradox, Spiritual Growth, Divine Grace“Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.” John Milton
Perseverance, Faith, Hope, Adversity, Divine Will
John Milton Perseverance, Faith, Hope, Adversity, Divine Will“A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war.” John Milton
Education, Virtue, Citizenship, Personal Development, Public Service
John Milton Education, Virtue, Citizenship, Personal Development, Public Service“Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.” John Milton
Creation, Order, Chaos, Divine Power, Light And Darkness
John Milton Creation, Order, Chaos, Divine Power, Light And Darkness“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“What can 'scape the eye Of God, all-seeing, or deceive His heart. Omniscient!” John Milton
Omniscience, Divine Knowledge, God, Deception, Human Limitation
John Milton Omniscience, Divine Knowledge, God, Deception, Human Limitation“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“The never-ending flight Of future days.” John Milton
Time, Future, Eternity, Continuity, Human Existence
John Milton Time, Future, Eternity, Continuity, Human Existence“For so I created them free and free they must remain.” John Milton
Free Will, Creation, Divine Plan, Human Nature, Freedom
John Milton Free Will, Creation, Divine Plan, Human Nature, Freedom“With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.” John Milton
Ambition, Fall, Power, Misery, Paradox
John Milton Ambition, Fall, Power, Misery, Paradox“Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.” John Milton
Wisdom, Philosophy, Vanity, Skepticism, Human Knowledge
John Milton Wisdom, Philosophy, Vanity, Skepticism, Human Knowledge“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