# Quote — John Milton, Paradise Lost

> On heav'nly ground they stood, and from the shore
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> They view'd the vast immeasurable Abyss
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> Outrageous as a Sea, dark, wasteful, wilde,
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> Up from the bottom turn'd by furious windes
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> And surging waves, as Mountains to assault
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> Heav'ns highth, and with the Center mix the Pole.
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> "Silence, ye troubl'd waves, and thou Deep, peace!"
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> Said then th' Omnific Word, "Your discord end!"
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> Nor staid, but on the Wings of Cherubim
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> Uplifted, in Paternal Glorie rode
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> Farr into Chaos, and the World unborn;
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> For Chaos heard his voice: him all his Traine
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> Follow'd in bright procession to behold
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> Creation, and the wonders of his might.
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> Then staid the fervid Wheeles, and in his hand
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> He took the golden Compasses, prepar'd
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> In Gods Eternal store, to circumscribe
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> This Universe, and all created things:
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> One foot he center'd, and the other turn'd
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> Round through the vast profunditie obscure,
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> And said, "Thus farr extend, thus farr thy bounds,
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> This be thy just Circumference, O World!"

- Author: [John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md)
- Book: [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md)
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> So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd
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> His nostril wide into the murky air,
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> Sagacious of his quarry from so far.

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> Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye,
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> In every gesture dignity and love.

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> To know
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> That which before us lies in daily life
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> Is the prime wisdom.

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