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All hell broke loose.

John Milton

Hell, Broke

Paradise Lost bk. 4, l. 917 (1667). "Hell were broken loose" appears in Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humor act 3, sc. 4 (1601).

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It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.

John Milton

Children, Lying, Winter

'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: The Hymn' (1645) st. 1

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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise. That last infirmity of noble mind. To scorn delights, and live laborious days.

John Milton

Mind, Noble, Delight

"Lycidas" l. 70 (1638). A 1619 play thought to be written by John Fletcher, Sir John van Olden Barnavelt act 1, sc. 1, refers to "the desire of glory (That last infirmity of noble minds)." That play was lost and not rediscovered until 1883, so Milton's parallel words were coincidental.

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Evil, be thou my good.

John Milton

Evil

Paradise Lost bk. 4, l. 110 (1667)

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Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union of mind, or in us both one soul.

John Milton

Love, Sweet, Soul

John Milton, Thomas Keightley (1859). “Poems”, p.55

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Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

John Milton

Art, Knitting, Hair

'Comus' (1637) l. 859

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Reason also is choice.

John Milton

Choices, Logic, Reason

John Milton, David Scott Kastan “Paradise Lost (Kastan Edition)”, Hackett Publishing

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Sweetest Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell, By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale.

John Milton

Echoes, Nymphs, Unseen

'Comus' (1637) l. 230

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For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted Plagiarè.

John Milton

Kind, Plagiarism, Borrowing

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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, who sitst above these Heavens To us invisible or dimly seen In these thy lowest works, yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and Power Divine: Speak ye who best can tell, ye Sons of light, Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, Day without Night, Circle his Throne rejoicing, ye in Heav'n, On Earth join all ye Creatures to extoll Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.

John Milton

God, Song, Angel

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 5, l. 164

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Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.

John Milton

Ocean, Rich, Various

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors”, p.254

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Capricious, wanton, bold, and brutal Lust Is meanly selfish; when resisted, cruel; And, like the blast of Pestilential Winds, Taints the sweet bloom of Nature's fairest forms.

John Milton

Sweet, Selfish, Wind

John Milton, John D'Alton (1741). “Comus: a masque, now adapted to the stage by John Dalton ... The fifth edition”, p.35

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Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.

John Milton

Light, Glowing, Rooms

"Il Penseroso" l. 79 (1645)

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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 fill While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.

John Milton

Heart, May, Woods

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.449

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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 change Worth waiting--since our present lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe.

John Milton

Light, Waiting, Darkness

John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.47

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When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal.

John Milton

Sky, Heaven, Judgment

John Milton (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost: Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... with Notes Grammatical, Geographical, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ...”, p.198

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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 proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy: As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enough besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.

John Milton

War, Night, Men

John Milton, David Scott Kastan “Paradise Lost (Kastan Edition)”, Hackett Publishing

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If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me; Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand, They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain, While virtue, valor, wisdom, sit in want.

John Milton

Ambition, Hands, Treasure

John Milton (1785). “Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton. A New Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, ...”, p.92

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United thoughts and counsels, equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise.

John Milton

Hazards, Equal, Enterprise

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 88

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Ah gentle pair, ye little think how nigh Your change approaches, when all these delights Will vanish and deliver ye to woe, More woe, the more your taste is now of joy.

John Milton

Thinking, Joy, Delight

John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.262

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On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.

John Milton

Morning, Silly, Sheep

'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: The Hymn' (1645) st. 8

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Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd
Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.

John Milton

Wind, Meteors, Streaming

John Milton, John Rice (1766). “Paradise Lost ... With notes of various authors, by John Rice”, p.29

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And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

John Milton

Grace, Wish, Saws

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office”, p.284

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Rather than be less Car'd not to be at all.

John Milton

Car

John Milton (1750). “Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books”, p.93

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Ride the air In whirlwind.

John Milton

Air, Whirlwind

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1809). “The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,”, p.413

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Born: December 9, 1608
Died: November 8, 1674
Occupation: Poet
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