John Milton on Good and Evil
1608–1674 England
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Since good, the more
Communicated, more abundant grows.
Abashed the Devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her shape how lovely.
—saw, and pined his loss.
None
But such as are good men can give good things,
And that which is not good, is not delicious
To a well-governed and wise appetite.
Comus (1637)
He that has light within his own cleer brest
May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day,
But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts
Benighted walks under the mid-day Sun;
Himself is his own dungeon.