John Milton Despair Quotations

All hope is lost of my reception into grace; what worse? For where no hope is left, is left no fear.

Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse.

Th' ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope Is flat despair.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.