--- title: "5 Beam Quotes By John Milton" description: "5 Beam quotes by John Milton. Plus more from John Milton and more Beam sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/john-milton-191_beam_o-sun-to-tell-thee-how-i-hate-thy-beams_397118.png" --- > [O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-sun-to-tell-thee-how-i-hate-thy-beams-that-bring-to-my-remembrance/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/john-milton-191_beam_o-sun-to-tell-thee-how-i-hate-thy-beams_397118.png) > [So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/so-dear-to-heav-n-is-saintly-chastity-that-when-a-soul-is-found/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/john-milton-191_angel_so-dear-to-heav-n-is-saintly-chastity-th_835669.png) > [So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/so-sinks-the-day-star-in-the-ocean-bed-and-yet-anon-repairs-his/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/john-milton-191_anon_so-sinks-the-day-star-in-the-ocean-bed-a_1453107.png) > [Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/hail-holy-light-offspring-of-heaven-firstborn-or-of-th-eternal-co/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/john-milton-191_beam_hail-holy-light-offspring-of-heaven-firs_2199922.jpg) > [Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/methinks-i-see-in-my-mind-a-noble-and-puissant-nation-rousing-herself/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/john-milton-191_beam_methinks-i-see-in-my-mind-a-noble-and-pu_2598801.jpg) ## Other authors on Beam ## More by John Milton > [Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/love-quarrels-oft-in-pleasing-concord-end/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/what-better-can-we-do-than-prostrate-fall-before-him-reverent-and/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-when-night-darkens-the-streets-then-wander-forth-the-sons-of/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-re-assembling-our-afflicted-powers-consult-how-we-may-henceforth/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/yet-hold-it-more-humane-more-heav-nly-first-by-winning-words-to/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-nightingale-that-on-yon-bloomy-spray-warblest-at-eve-when-all-the/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/the-debt-immense-of-endless-gratitude-so-burthensome-still-paying/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/knowledge-forbidden-suspicious-reasonless-why-should-their-lord-envy/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/there-is-no-truth-sure-enough-to-justify-persecution/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/these-eyes-tho-clear-to-outward-view-of-blemish-or-of-spot-bereft-of/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/new-presbyter-is-but-old-priest-writ-large/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-what-is-faith-love-virtue-unassayed-alone-without-exterior-help/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/this-is-servitude-to-serve-th-unwise-or-him-who-hath-rebelled-against/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/let-us-seek-death-or-he-not-found-supply-with-our-own-hands-his/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and don't permit others to unite those dissevered pieces which are yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/they-are-the-troublers-they-are-the-dividers-of-unity-who-neglect-and/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beam/john-milton/#itemlist", "name": "5 Beam Quotes By John Milton", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-sun-to-tell-thee-how-i-hate-thy-beams-that-bring-to-my-remembrance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/john-milton-191_beam_o-sun-to-tell-thee-how-i-hate-thy-beams_397118.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/john-milton-191_beam_o-sun-to-tell-thee-how-i-hate-thy-beams_397118.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/john-milton-191_beam_o-sun-to-tell-thee-how-i-hate-thy-beams_397118.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/so-dear-to-heav-n-is-saintly-chastity-that-when-a-soul-is-found/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/john-milton-191_angel_so-dear-to-heav-n-is-saintly-chastity-th_835669.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/john-milton-191_angel_so-dear-to-heav-n-is-saintly-chastity-th_835669.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/john-milton-191_angel_so-dear-to-heav-n-is-saintly-chastity-th_835669.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/so-sinks-the-day-star-in-the-ocean-bed-and-yet-anon-repairs-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/john-milton-191_anon_so-sinks-the-day-star-in-the-ocean-bed-a_1453107.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/john-milton-191_anon_so-sinks-the-day-star-in-the-ocean-bed-a_1453107.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/john-milton-191_anon_so-sinks-the-day-star-in-the-ocean-bed-a_1453107.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! 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