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What is dark within me, illumine.

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
Poet
Politician
Writer
Illumine
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Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.
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When language in common use in any country becomes irregular and depraved, it is followed by their ruin and degradation. For what do terms used without skill or meaning, which are at once corrupt and misapplied, denote but a people listless, supine, and ripe for servitude?
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The planets in their station list'ning stood.
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Earth felt the wound and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.
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Nor jealousy Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.
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Indu'd With sanctity of reason.
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With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.
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Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss
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It is not virtue, wisdom, valour, wit, Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit, That woman's love can win, or long inherit But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit.
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Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round
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Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
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A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
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Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both.
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Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements.
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What reinforcement we may gain from hope If not, what resolution from despair.
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Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself.
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Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.
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Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.
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Sole reigning holds the tyranny of Heav'n.
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Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, But must be current, and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss.
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