John Milton Quotes, Lying Quotes, Tears Quotes

Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate to hearse when Lycid lies.

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Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.

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Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What is in me dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the heighth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.

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And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

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Few sometimes may know, when thousands err.

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He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity.

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Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.

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Virtue that wavers is not virtue.

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So little knows Any, but God alone, but perverts best things To worst abuse, or to their meanest use.

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Such joy ambition finds.

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Equally inured by moderation either state to bear, prosperous or adverse.

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What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?

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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.

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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

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What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.

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When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal.

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Hide me from day's garish eye.

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Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.

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For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.

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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

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