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A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars. - Paradise Lost (bk. VII, l. 577) [Stars] So sang they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. Thus was Sabbath kept. - Paradise Lost (bk. VII, l. 632) [Sabbath] Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate. - Paradise Lost (bk. VII, l. 72) [Fate] What cause Moved the Creator in his holy rest Through all eternity so late to build In chaos, and, the work begun, how soon Absolved. - Paradise Lost (bk. VII, l. 90) [Creation] The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 1) [Voice] But to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 192) [Wisdom] There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 21) [Light] For men to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning knew? - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 250) [Life] And liquid lapse of murmuring streams. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 263) [Nature] And feel that I am happier than I know. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 282) [Happiness] Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 30) [Fruits] Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find? - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 365) [Enjoyment] Among unequals what society Can sort, what harmony, or true delight? - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 383) [Equality] And grace that won who saw to wish her stay. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 43) [Grace] And touched by her fair tendance, gladlier grew. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 47) [Flowers] Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 488) [Women] Her virtue and the conscience of her worth, That would be wooed, and not unsought be won. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 502) [Character : Wooing] To the nuptial bower I led her, blushing like the morn; all Heaven, And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selected influence; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 510) [Matrimony] The sum of earthly bliss. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 522) [Bliss] So well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 548) [Contentment] Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine! - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 561) [Nature] Ofttimes nothing profits more Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well manag'd. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 571) [Self-love] Those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 600) [Action] A smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 618) [Smiles] Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgment to do aught, which else free will Would not admit. - Paradise Lost (bk. VIII, l. 634) [Passion] Displaying page 26 of 30 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 [26] 27 28 29 30
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