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b680672	The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..	religion inspirational	John Milton
db30731	Awake, arise or be for ever fall'n.	rebellion inspirational revolt satan lucifer	John Milton
ffef2ec	What needs my for his honoured bones, The labor of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?	shakespeare poetry hallowed pyramid relics labor fame honour heir william-shakespeare memory	John Milton
bb15b98	Yet he who reigns within himself, and rule	inspirational	John Milton
85456c9	How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfet raigns.	philosophy	John Milton
40df23c	God does not need man nor his won works.		John Milton
16a36a1	Upon himself; horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts, and from the bottom stirr The Hell within him, for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step no more then from himself can fly By		John Milton
945c266	Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassie, cool, translucent wave,		John Milton
162d6c7	Commands are no constraints.	inspirational constraints	John Milton
8e34747	Ye cannot make us now lesse capable, lesse knowing, lesse eagarly pursuing of the Truth, unlesse ye first make yourselves that made us so, lesse the lovers, lesse the founders of our true Liberty. We can grow ignorant again, brutish, formall, and slavish as ye found us, but you then must first become that which ye cannot be, oppressive, arbitrary, and tyrannous as they were from whom ye have free'd us.	censorhip-of-books free-expression free-speech censorship	John Milton
2c690ff	I fear yet this iron yoke of outward conformity hath left a slavish print upon our necks: the ghost of a linnen decency yet haunts us.	free-expression censorship-of-books free-speech censorship	John Milton
c20d70e	What think'st thou then of mee, and this my State, Seem I to thee sufficiently possest Of happiness, or not? who am alone From all Eternitie, for none I know Second to mee or like, equal much less.		John Milton
93b9be5	But his doom 54: Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought 55: Both of lost happiness and lasting pain 56: Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes 57: That witness'd huge affliction and dismay 58: Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:		John Milton
c3e1236	159: To do ought good never will be our task, 160: But ever to do ill our sole delight, 161: As being the contrary to his high will 162: Whom we resist. If then his Providence 163: Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, 164: Our labour must be to pervert that end, 165: And out of good still to find means of evil;		John Milton
50c191c	All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.	fate inspirational	John Milton
8fa1958	Mortals that would follow me, Love virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or if virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.		John Milton
ebb9ec3	Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, and Flow'rs Feed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowl, No homely morsels, and whatever thing The Scyth of Time mows down, devour unspar'd, Till I in Man residing through the Race, His thoughts, his looks, words, actions all infect, And season him thy last and sweetest prey.		John Milton
439230d	Thou hadst: whom hast thou then or what to accuse, But Heav'ns free Love dealt equally to all? Be then his Love accurst, since love or hate, To me alike, it deals eternal woe. Nay		John Milton
ef83edc	In blissful solitude; he then survey'd Hell and the Gulf between, and Satan there Coasting the wall of Heav'n on this side Night In the dun Air sublime,		John Milton
578fd20	To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.		John Milton
76a9311	Thus began Outrage from liveless things; but Discord first Daughter of Sin, among th' irrational, Death introduc'd through fierce antipathie: Beast now with Beast gan war, & Fowle with Fowle, And Fish with Fish; to graze the Herb all leaving, Devourd each other; nor stood much in awe Of Man, but fled him, or with count'nance grim Glar'd on him passing: these were from without The growing miseries, which ADAM saw Alreadie..		John Milton
cbbdcf2	Such as I seek, fit to participate All rational delight, wherein the brute Cannot be human consort; they rejoyce Each with thir kinde, Lion with Lioness; So fitly them in pairs thou hast combin'd; Much less can Bird with Beast, or Fish with Fowle So well converse, nor with the Ox the Ape; Wors then can Man with Beast, and least of all. Whereto th' Almighty answer'd, not displeas'd. A nice and suttle happiness I see Tho..		John Milton
65c2dc4	Whom thus the Sin-born Monster answerd soon. To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven, There best, where most with ravin I may meet; Which here, though plenteous, all too little seems To stuff this Maw, this vast unhide-bound Corps. To whom th' incestuous Mother thus repli'd. Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, & Flours Feed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowle, No homel..		John Milton
37ebf27	Comus. The Star that bids the Shepherd fold, Now the top of Heav'n doth hold, And the gilded Car of Day, [ 95 ] His glowing Axle doth allay In the steep Atlantick stream, And the slope Sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky Pole, Pacing toward the other gole [ 100 ] Of his Chamber in the East. Mean while welcom Joy, and Feast, Midnight shout, and revelry, Tipsie dance and Jollity. Braid your Locks with rosie Twine [ 105 ] Dropping od..		John Milton
1d2ed00	Such sober certainty of waking bliss.		Comus (John Milton)
57c0d24	Before the starry threshold of Jove's CourtMy mansion is.		Comus (John Milton)
bc208cc	Above the smoke and stir of this dim spotWhich men call earth.		Comus (John Milton)
432c6dd	Bacchus, that first from out the purple grapeCrushed the sweet poison of misused wine.		Comus (John Milton)
8032166	And the gilded car of day,In the steep Atlantic stream.		Comus (John Milton)
1670a29	What hath night to do with sleep?		Comus (John Milton)
c2d5f26	Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity:She that has that, is clad in complete steel.		Comus (John Milton)
aeef28d	Filled the air with barbarous dissonance.		Comus (John Milton)
a268c39	I was all ear,Under the ribs of Death.		Comus (John Milton)
ea52d5d	That powerWhich erring men call Chance.		Comus (John Milton)
d46db8d	Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.		Comus (John Milton)
34ffdbc	Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric,That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence.		Comus (John Milton)
eba73b3	But now my task is smoothly done:I can fly, or I can run.		Comus (John Milton)
ccf8030	The gay motes that people the sunbeams.		John Milton
6664de6	And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie,That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.		John Milton
f4dbbd7	How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!		John Milton
e24e4f0	Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.		John Milton
62ea695	O nightingale, that on yon bloomy sprayWarbl'st at eve, when all the woods are still.		John Milton
5e2252c	Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy,		John Milton
e4717ce	Where the bright seraphim in burning rowTheir loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.		John Milton

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..

John Milton

db30731

Awake, arise or be for ever fall'n.

rebellion inspirational revolt satan lucifer

John Milton

ffef2ec

What needs my for his honoured bones, The labor of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?

shakespeare poetry hallowed pyramid relics labor fame honour heir william-shakespeare memory

John Milton

bb15b98

Yet he who reigns within himself, and rule

inspirational

John Milton

85456c9

How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfet raigns.

philosophy

John Milton

40df23c

God does not need man nor his won works.

John Milton

16a36a1

Upon himself; horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts, and from the bottom stirr The Hell within him, for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step no more then from himself can fly By

John Milton

945c266

Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassie, cool, translucent wave,

John Milton

162d6c7

Commands are no constraints.

inspirational constraints

John Milton

8e34747

Ye cannot make us now lesse capable, lesse knowing, lesse eagarly pursuing of the Truth, unlesse ye first make yourselves that made us so, lesse the lovers, lesse the founders of our true Liberty. We can grow ignorant again, brutish, formall, and slavish as ye found us, but you then must first become that which ye cannot be, oppressive, arbitrary, and tyrannous as they were from whom ye have free'd us.

censorhip-of-books free-expression free-speech censorship

John Milton

2c690ff

I fear yet this iron yoke of outward conformity hath left a slavish print upon our necks: the ghost of a linnen decency yet haunts us.

free-expression censorship-of-books free-speech censorship

John Milton

c20d70e

What think'st thou then of mee, and this my State, Seem I to thee sufficiently possest Of happiness, or not? who am alone From all Eternitie, for none I know Second to mee or like, equal much less.

John Milton

93b9be5

But his doom 54: Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought 55: Both of lost happiness and lasting pain 56: Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes 57: That witness'd huge affliction and dismay 58: Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:

John Milton

c3e1236

159: To do ought good never will be our task, 160: But ever to do ill our sole delight, 161: As being the contrary to his high will 162: Whom we resist. If then his Providence 163: Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, 164: Our labour must be to pervert that end, 165: And out of good still to find means of evil;

John Milton

50c191c

All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.

fate inspirational

John Milton

8fa1958

Mortals that would follow me, Love virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or if virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.

John Milton

ebb9ec3

Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, and Flow'rs Feed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowl, No homely morsels, and whatever thing The Scyth of Time mows down, devour unspar'd, Till I in Man residing through the Race, His thoughts, his looks, words, actions all infect, And season him thy last and sweetest prey.

John Milton

439230d

Thou hadst: whom hast thou then or what to accuse, But Heav'ns free Love dealt equally to all? Be then his Love accurst, since love or hate, To me alike, it deals eternal woe. Nay

John Milton

ef83edc

In blissful solitude; he then survey'd Hell and the Gulf between, and Satan there Coasting the wall of Heav'n on this side Night In the dun Air sublime,

John Milton

578fd20

To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.

John Milton

76a9311

Thus began Outrage from liveless things; but Discord first Daughter of Sin, among th' irrational, Death introduc'd through fierce antipathie: Beast now with Beast gan war, & Fowle with Fowle, And Fish with Fish; to graze the Herb all leaving, Devourd each other; nor stood much in awe Of Man, but fled him, or with count'nance grim Glar'd on him passing: these were from without The growing miseries, which ADAM saw Alreadie..

John Milton

cbbdcf2

Such as I seek, fit to participate All rational delight, wherein the brute Cannot be human consort; they rejoyce Each with thir kinde, Lion with Lioness; So fitly them in pairs thou hast combin'd; Much less can Bird with Beast, or Fish with Fowle So well converse, nor with the Ox the Ape; Wors then can Man with Beast, and least of all. Whereto th' Almighty answer'd, not displeas'd. A nice and suttle happiness I see Tho..

John Milton

65c2dc4

Whom thus the Sin-born Monster answerd soon. To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven, There best, where most with ravin I may meet; Which here, though plenteous, all too little seems To stuff this Maw, this vast unhide-bound Corps. To whom th' incestuous Mother thus repli'd. Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, & Flours Feed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowle, No homel..

John Milton

37ebf27

Comus. The Star that bids the Shepherd fold, Now the top of Heav'n doth hold, And the gilded Car of Day, [ 95 ] His glowing Axle doth allay In the steep Atlantick stream, And the slope Sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky Pole, Pacing toward the other gole [ 100 ] Of his Chamber in the East. Mean while welcom Joy, and Feast, Midnight shout, and revelry, Tipsie dance and Jollity. Braid your Locks with rosie Twine [ 105 ] Dropping od..