Quotes about Milton
He ended, and his words impression leftOf much amazement to th' infernal crew,Distracted and surpris'd with deep dismayAt these sad tidings.Milton'sParadise Regained,b. i.3.
- Samuel Johnson
Such sober certainty of waking bliss.
- John Milton
We must be free or die, who speak the tongueThat Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals holdWhich Milton held.
- William Wordsworth
Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:England hath need of thee: she is a fenOf stagnant waters.
- William Wordsworth
We must be free or die, who speak the tongue that Shakespeare spoke: the faith and morals hold which Milton held.
- William Wordsworth
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
- John Milton
Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.
- Samuel Johnson