--- title: "3 Cheerful Quotes By John Milton" description: "3 Cheerful quotes by John Milton. Plus more from John Milton and more Cheerful sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/john-milton-191_burden_for-other-things-mild-heav-n-a-time-orda_264670.png" --- > [For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/for-other-things-mild-heav-n-a-time-ordains-and-disapproves-that-care/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/john-milton-191_burden_for-other-things-mild-heav-n-a-time-orda_264670.png) > [For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/for-the-air-of-youth-hopeful-and-cheerful-in-thy-blood-will-reign-a/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/john-milton-191_air_for-the-air-of-youth-hopeful-and-cheerfu_2634724.jpg) > [Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/thus-with-the-year-seasons-return-but-not-to-me-returns-day-or-the-2/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/john-milton-191_approach_thus-with-the-year-seasons-return-but-no_2857040.jpg) ## Other authors on Cheerful - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mother-teresa-69278.jpg) Mother Teresa 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/mother-teresa/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-wordsworth-96037.jpg) William Wordsworth 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/william-wordsworth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/william-shakespeare/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheerful/charles-dickens/) ## 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/cheerful/john-milton/#itemlist", "name": "3 Cheerful Quotes By John Milton", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/for-other-things-mild-heav-n-a-time-ordains-and-disapproves-that-care/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/john-milton-191_burden_for-other-things-mild-heav-n-a-time-orda_264670.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/john-milton-191_burden_for-other-things-mild-heav-n-a-time-orda_264670.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/john-milton-191_burden_for-other-things-mild-heav-n-a-time-orda_264670.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/for-the-air-of-youth-hopeful-and-cheerful-in-thy-blood-will-reign-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/john-milton-191_air_for-the-air-of-youth-hopeful-and-cheerfu_2634724.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/john-milton-191_air_for-the-air-of-youth-hopeful-and-cheerfu_2634724.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/john-milton-191_air_for-the-air-of-youth-hopeful-and-cheerfu_2634724.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thus with the year Seasons return; 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