# Quote — John Milton, Paradise Lost

> Under what torments inwardly I groane;
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> While they adore me on the Throne of Hell,
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> With Diadem and Scepter high advanc’d
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> The lower still I fall, onely Supream
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> In miserie; such joy Ambition findes.
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> But say I could repent and could obtaine
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> By Act of Grace my former state; how soon
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> Would highth recal high thoughts, how soon unsay
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> What feign’d submission swore: ease would recant
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> Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
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> For never can true reconcilement grow
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> Where wounds of deadly hate have peirc’d so deep:
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> Which would but lead me to a worse relapse
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> And heavier fall: so should I purchase deare
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> Short intermission bought with double smart.
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> This knows my punisher; therefore as farr
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> From granting hee, as I from begging peace:
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> All hope excluded thus, behold in stead
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> Of us out-cast, exil'd, his new delight,
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> Mankind created, and for him this 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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