Comus Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject	Source
1	Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine.	Wine	Comus
2	And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired.	Wisdom	Comus
3	So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt.	Virtue	Comus
4	He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun.	Thought	Comus
5	There does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And cast a gleam over this tufted grove.	Star	Comus
6	Yet, where an equal poise of hope and fear Does arbitrate the event, my nature is That I incline to hope rather than fear, And gladly banish squint suspicion.	Suspicion	Comus
7	How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.	Philosophy	Comus
8	O welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings!	Hope	Comus
9	Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded. But must be current, and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss. Unsavory in th' enjoyment of itself: If you let slip time, like a neglected rose, It withers on the stalk with languished head.	Beauty	Comus

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