Nature Quotes by John Milton

And the earth self-balanced on her centre hung.

— John Milton

Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!

— John Milton

Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.

— John Milton

Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave.

— John Milton

In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.

— John Milton

Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, but must be current.

— John Milton

And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.

— John Milton

A beardless cynic is the shame of nature.

— John Milton

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity;

— John Milton

So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In her functions weary of herself.

— John Milton

How gladly would I meet mortality, my sentence, and be earth in sensible! How glad would lay me down, as in my…

— John Milton

But now my task is smoothly done, I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the…

— John Milton

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship;…

— John Milton

“ALL WHO HAVE THEIR REWARD ON EARTH, THE FRUITS OF PAINFUL SUPERSTITION AND BLIND ZEAL, NOUGHT SEEKING BUT THE PRAISE OF MEN,…

— John Milton

O why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heav'n With Spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair…

— John Milton

Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress,…

— John Milton

“...for neither do the spirits damned Lose all their virtue, lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds on earth which glory…

— John Milton

In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature…

— John Milton

If the will, which in the law of our nature, were withdrawn from our memory, fancy, understanding, and reason, no other hell…

— John Milton

O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly…

— John Milton

She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like…

— John Milton

Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But…

— John Milton

Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.

— John Milton

Accuse not nature: she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.

— John Milton

What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, and all these at thy command…

— John Milton

Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.

— John Milton

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.

— John Milton

The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that…

— John Milton

If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.

— John Milton

“nto this wilde Abyss the warie fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and look'd a while, Pondering his Voyage; for no…

— John Milton

“Though all winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously…

— John Milton

Should God create another Eve, and I Another Rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no no, I…

— John Milton

Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For…

— John Milton

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

By labor and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature,…

— John Milton