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John Milton on Mother's Day

1608–1674 England

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Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source
Of human offspring.

Freely we serve,
Because we freely love, as in our will
To love or not; in this we stand or fall.

A grateful mind
By owing owes not, but still pays, at once
Indebted and discharg'd.

See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds,
With joy and love triumphing.

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths
I could endure, without him live no life.

Imparadis'd in one another's arms.

It is not virtue, wisdom, valour, wit,
Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit,
That woman's love can win, or long inherit;
But what it is, hard is to say,
Harder to hit.

Samson Agonistes (1671)

License they mean when they cry, Liberty!
For who loves that must first be wise and good.

Say, heavenly pow'rs, where shall we find such love?
Which of ye will be mortal to redeem
Man's mortal crime, and just th' unjust to save.

Such sober certainty of waking bliss.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Milton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.