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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.
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On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
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Eloquence the soul, song charms the senses.
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Our reason is our law.
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Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find?
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Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
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Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
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It were a journey like the path to heaven, To help you find them.
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God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest They also serve who only stand and wait.
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Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.
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He who tempts, though in vain, at last asperses The tempted with dishonor foul, supposed Not incorruptible of faith, not proof Against temptation.
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Don't hold grudges it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion. .
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Me miserable! Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell myself am hell And in the lowest deep a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.
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A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses
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Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat.
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Unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing.
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We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.
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Nor think thou with wind Of æry threats to awe whom yet with deeds Thou canst not.
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Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
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Impostor do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.
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