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Light Quotes by John Milton

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John Milton paints a picture of light and darkness, with eyes that have forgotten how to see without shine. He writes about stars that give steady light to lonely travelers and about a bright inner light that can sit in a clear heart. He also mentions holy light that rises each day and how darkness can become milder.

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His sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

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

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Hail holy light, offspring of heav'n firstborn!

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The sacred influence of light appears.

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This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.

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Dark with excessive bright.

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

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

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

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

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

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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,…

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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…

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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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“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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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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“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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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…

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

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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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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…

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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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“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!…

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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.

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

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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…

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And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.

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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…

The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that…

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

New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large.

And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?

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…

Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears,…

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…