"That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high."

To a Lady singing a Song of his Composing.

"A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round."

On a Girdle.

"For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love."

While I listen to thy Voice.

"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

Of English Verse.

"Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke."

Upon the Death of the Lord Protector.

"Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be."

Go, Lovely Rose.

"How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!"

Go, Lovely Rose.

"Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse."

Panegyric on Cromwell.

"In such green palaces the first kings reign'd, Slept in their shades, and angels entertain'd; With such old counsellors they did advise, And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise."

On St. James's Park.

"And keeps the palace of the soul."

Of Tea.

"Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot."

Upon Roscommon's Translation of Horace, De Arte Poetica.

"Could we forbear dispute and practise love, We should agree as angels do above."

Divine Love. Canto iii.

"The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new."

On the Divine Poems.

"Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts as harbingers to heaven; and her soul saw a glimpse of happiness through the chinks of her sickness-broken body."

Life of Monica.

"He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a passage through it."

Life of the Duke of Alva.

"She commandeth her husband, in any equal matter, by constant obeying him."

Holy and Profane State. The Good Wife.

"He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows."

Holy and Profane State. The Good Husband.

"One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience."

Holy and Profane State. The Good Advocate.

"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion."

Holy and Profane State. The True Church Antiquary.

"But our captain counts the image of God--nevertheless his image--cut in ebony as if done in ivory, and in the blackest Moors he sees the representation of the King of Heaven."

Holy and Profane State. The Good Sea-Captain.

"To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no less are thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul."

Holy and Profane State. The Virtuous Lady.

"The lion is not so fierce as painted."

Holy and Profane State. Of Preferment.

"Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit; sometimes so long that there is no wit for so much room."

Holy and Profane State. Of Natural Fools.

"The Pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders."

Holy and Profane State. Of Tombs.

"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."

Holy and Profane State. Of Books.

"They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter."

Holy and Profane State. Of Marriage.

"Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing."

Holy and Profane State. Fame.

"Often the cockloft is empty in those whom Nature hath built many stories high."

Andronicus. Sect. vi. Par. 18, 1.

"Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 1.

"Or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 10.

"Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 16.

"What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.

"As far as angels' ken."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 59.

"Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 62.

"Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 65.

"What though the field be lost? All is not lost; th' unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 105.

"To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 157.

"And out of good still to find means of evil."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 165.

"Farewell happy fields, Where joy forever dwells: hail, horrors!"

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 249.

"A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 253.

"Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 261.

"Heard so oft In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 275.

"His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 292.

"Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 302.

"Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!"

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 330.

"Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 423.

"Execute their airy purposes."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 430.

"When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 500.

"Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 536.

"Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds: At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 540.