“ Among unequals what society can sort, what harmony, or true delight? ”
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667). copy citation
| Author | John Milton |
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| Source | Paradise Lost |
| Topic | society harmony |
| Date | 1667 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26/pg26-images.html |
Context
“And humble deprecation, thus replied. Let not my words offend thee, Heavenly Power; My Maker, be propitious while I speak. Hast thou not made me here thy substitute, And these inferiour far beneath me set? Among unequals what society Can sort, what harmony, or true delight? Which must be mutual, in proportion due Given and received; but, in disparity The one intense, the other still remiss, Cannot well suit with either, but soon prove Tedious alike: Of fellowship I speak Such as I seek, fit to participate”
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