John Milton Quotes, Views Quotes, Theatre Quotes

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.

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Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves.

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On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.

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Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.

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So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape.

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The olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long.

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Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.

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Our cure, to be no more; sad cure!

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Blind mouths! That scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook.

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Execute their airy purposes.

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I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.

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No date prefixed directs me in the starry rubric set.

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Angels contented with their face in heaven, Seek not the praise of men.

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Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelèd throne, the Cherub Contemplation.

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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.

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Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.

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Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.

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Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.

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The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, Safest and seemliest by her husband stays, Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.

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And the earth self-balanced on her centre hung.

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