Night Quotes by John Milton

What hath night to do with sleep?

— John Milton

Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.

— John Milton

God has set labor and rest, as day and night to men successive.

— John Milton

The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.

— John Milton

Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn.

— John Milton

Day and night, Seed-time and harvest, heat and hoary frost Shall hold their course, till fire purge all things new.

— John Milton

A boundless continent, Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of night Starless expos'd.

— John Milton

I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend...

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

Darkness now rose, as daylight sunk, and brought in low'ring Night her shadowy offspring.

— John Milton

But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night.

— John Milton

A crown Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns, Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights To him who wears…

— John Milton

Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed,…

— John Milton

Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or…

— John Milton

To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled…

— 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

How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of…

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

And that must end us, that must be our cure: To be no more. Sad cure! For who would lose, Though full…

— 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

The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might…

— John Milton

By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or…

— John Milton

“Comus. The Star that bids the Shepherd fold, Now the top of Heav'n doth hold, And the gilded Car of Day, […

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.

— John Milton

Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?

— John Milton

By night the Glass Of Galileo ... observes Imagin'd Land and Regions in the Moon.

— John Milton

Innumerable as the stars of night, Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.

— John Milton

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

— John Milton

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

— John Milton