Paradise Regained
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Paradise Regained is a poem, published in 1671, by the 17th century English poet John Milton.
- His coming, is sent Harbinger, who all
Invites, and in the Consecrated stream
Pretends to wash off sin- Book I, lines 71-73
- Envy they say excites me, thus to gain
Companions of my misery and wo.- Book I, lines 397-398
- That fellowship in pain divides not smart,
Nor lightens aught each mans peculiar load.- Book I, lines 401-402
- Most men admire
Virtue who follow not her lore.- Book I, lines 482-483
- And the great Thisbite who on fiery wheels
Rode up to Heaven, yet once again to come.- Book II, lines 16-17
- My heart hath been a store-house long of things
And sayings laid up, portending strange events.- Book II, lines 103-104
- Skilled to retire, and in retiring draw
Hearts after them tangled in amorous nets.- Book II, lines 161-162
- Beauty stands
In the admiration only of weak minds
Led captive.- Book II, lines 220-221
- For therein stands the office of a King,
His Honour, Vertue, Merit and chief Praise,
That for the Publick all this weight he bears.
Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, Desires, and Fears, is more than a King;- Book II, lines 463-467
- For what is glory but the blaze of fame,
- Book III, line 47
- They err who count it glorious to subdue
By Conquest far and wide, to over-run
Large Countries, and in field great Battels win,- Book III, lines 71-73
- The first of all Commandments, Thou shalt worship
The Lord thy God, and only him shalt serve;- Book IV, lines 176-177
- The childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day.- Book IV, lines 220-21
- Socrates...
Whom well inspired the oracle pronounced
Wisest of men.- Book IV, lines 274-276
- The first and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew.- Book IV, lines 293-294
- Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
- Book IV, line 327
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