With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.


Paradise Lost: A Poem (ed. 1821)

John Milton Quotes

With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.