Light Quotes by John Milton

His sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

— John Milton

Come and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe.

— John Milton

Hail holy light, offspring of heav'n firstborn!

— John Milton

The sacred influence of light appears.

— John Milton

This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.

— John Milton

Dark with excessive bright.

— John Milton

But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began.

— John Milton

What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.

— John Milton

Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round

— John Milton

Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.

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He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.

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Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.

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Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone,…

— John Milton

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, / And that…

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And God made two great lights, great for their use To man, the greater to have rule by day, The less by…

— John Milton

But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars…

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Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea…

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“The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely…

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“He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides…

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When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come…

— John Milton

This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what…

— John Milton

These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their…

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A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible…

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And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In…

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Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light…

— John Milton

“When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent…

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“We boast our light; but if we look not wisely on the run itself, it smites us into darkness. Who can discern…

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These are thy glorious works Parent of Good, Almighty, thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair; thy self how wondrous then! Unspeakable,…

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“When I Consider How My Light Is Spent When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this…

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O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age!…

— John Milton

Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea…

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Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird,…

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Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.

— John Milton

Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light.

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And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.

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Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for…

— John Milton

Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic…

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And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used…

— John Milton