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John Milton Quotes about Death

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

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

John Milton
Death, War, Paradise
Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 263 (1667)

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

John Milton
Death, Keys, Eternity Of Life

Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.

John Milton
Death, Lying, Sunset

A death-like sleep, A gentle wafting to immortal life.

John Milton
Death, Sleep, Immortal Life
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.446

I fled, and cry'd out, Death; Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, Death.

John Milton
Death, Names, Caves
John Milton (1754). “Paradise Lost”, p.148

Where all life dies death lives.

John Milton
Death, Life Death, Dies
'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 620

Death ready stands to interpose his dart.

John Milton
Death, Ready
John Milton (1872). “English Poems”, p.142

Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

John Milton
Death, Time, Stars

How gladly would I meet mortality, my sentence, and be earth in sensible! How glad would lay me down, as in my mother's lap! There I should rest, and sleep secure.

John Milton
Death, Mother, Sleep
John Milton, “Paradise Lost: Book 10”

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