John Milton Quotes on Peace
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O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warbl'st at eve, when all the woods are still.
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Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war.
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Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.
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This is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That He our deadly forfeit should release, And with His Father work us a perpetual peace.
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No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around. The idle spear and shield were high up hung.
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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
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And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild, And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.
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And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.
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And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure.
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Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep.