--- title: "5 Brooks Quotes By John Milton" description: "5 Brooks quotes by John Milton. Plus more from John Milton and more Brooks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/john-milton-191_beauty_meadows-trim-with-daisies-pied-shallow-b_1367940.png" --- > [Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/meadows-trim-with-daisies-pied-shallow-brooks-and-rivers-wide-towers/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/john-milton-191_beauty_meadows-trim-with-daisies-pied-shallow-b_1367940.png) > [O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-madness-to-think-use-of-strongest-wines-and-strongest-drinks-our/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/john-milton-191_brooks_o-madness-to-think-use-of-strongest-wine_1690489.png) > [Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/thick-as-autumnal-leaves-that-strow-the-brooks-in-vallombrosa-where/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/john-milton-191_arches_thick-as-autumnal-leaves-that-strow-the_2598143.png) > [Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/straight-mine-eye-hath-caught-new-pleasures-whilst-the-landscape/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/john-milton-191_barren_straight-mine-eye-hath-caught-new-pleasu_2936859.png) > [Heaven, the seat of bliss, Brooks not the works of violence and war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/heaven-the-seat-of-bliss-brooks-not-the-works-of-violence-and-war/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/john-milton-191_bliss_heaven-the-seat-of-bliss-brooks-not-the_3000082.png) ## Other authors on Brooks ## 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/brooks/john-milton/#itemlist", "name": "5 Brooks Quotes By John Milton", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/meadows-trim-with-daisies-pied-shallow-brooks-and-rivers-wide-towers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/john-milton-191_beauty_meadows-trim-with-daisies-pied-shallow-b_1367940.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/john-milton-191_beauty_meadows-trim-with-daisies-pied-shallow-b_1367940.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/john-milton-191_beauty_meadows-trim-with-daisies-pied-shallow-b_1367940.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-madness-to-think-use-of-strongest-wines-and-strongest-drinks-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/john-milton-191_brooks_o-madness-to-think-use-of-strongest-wine_1690489.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/john-milton-191_brooks_o-madness-to-think-use-of-strongest-wine_1690489.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/john-milton-191_brooks_o-madness-to-think-use-of-strongest-wine_1690489.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/thick-as-autumnal-leaves-that-strow-the-brooks-in-vallombrosa-where/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/john-milton-191_arches_thick-as-autumnal-leaves-that-strow-the_2598143.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/john-milton-191_arches_thick-as-autumnal-leaves-that-strow-the_2598143.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/john-milton-191_arches_thick-as-autumnal-leaves-that-strow-the_2598143.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; 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