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Night Quotes by John Milton
- Innumerable as the stars of night, Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.
- The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
- Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird, They to their…
- How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it…
- Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist,…
- A crown Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns, Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights To him who wears the regal diadem
- By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our…
- But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night.
- Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost…
- Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?
- A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.
- To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise.
- What hath night to do with sleep?
- And that must end us, that must be our cure: To be no more. Sad cure! For who would lose, Though full of pain, this…
- I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend...
- O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace: and God…
- And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
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