Paradise Lost Book 9 Quotes

And out of good still to find means of evil.

What reinforcement we may gain from hope;
If not, what resolution from despair.

With thee conversing I forget all time.

Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse

And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.

Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.

Now conscience wakes despair That slumber’d,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse.

For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.

Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The faith they owe; when earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude, they then begin to fail.

Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.

The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks,
Safest and seemliest by her husband stays,
Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.

Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.

God is thy law, thou mine.

Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss

To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.