--- title: "6 Flight Quotes By John Milton" description: "6 Flight quotes by John Milton. Plus more from John Milton and more Flight sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/john-milton-191_chance_this-horror-will-grow-mild-this-darkness_740247.jpg" --- > [This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/this-horror-will-grow-mild-this-darkness-light-besides-what-hope-the/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/john-milton-191_chance_this-horror-will-grow-mild-this-darkness_740247.jpg) > [Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/meanwhile-the-adversary-of-god-and-man-satan-with-thoughts-inflamed/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/john-milton-191_adversaries_meanwhile-the-adversary-of-god-and-man-s_769613.jpg) > [The never-ending flight Of future days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/the-never-ending-flight-of-future-days/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/john-milton-191_flight_the-never-ending-flight-of-future-days-1_1034933.png) > [My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/my-mansion-is-where-those-immortal-shapes-of-bright-aerial-spirits/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/john-milton-191_air_my-mansion-is-where-those-immortal-shape_1405734.png) > [To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/to-hear-the-lark-begin-his-flight-and-singing-startle-the-dull-night/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/john-milton-191_dawn_to-hear-the-lark-begin-his-flight-and-si_1584729.png) > [Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/fame-if-not-double-fac-d-is-double-mouth-d-and-with-contrary-blast/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/john-milton-191_bears_fame-if-not-double-fac-d-is-double-mouth_2590380.png) ## Other authors on Flight ## 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/flight/john-milton/#itemlist", "name": "6 Flight Quotes By John Milton", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what change Worth waiting--since our present lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/this-horror-will-grow-mild-this-darkness-light-besides-what-hope-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/john-milton-191_chance_this-horror-will-grow-mild-this-darkness_740247.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/john-milton-191_chance_this-horror-will-grow-mild-this-darkness_740247.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/john-milton-191_chance_this-horror-will-grow-mild-this-darkness_740247.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; 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