“I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.”

“Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll’d Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc.”

“Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness/ Which is the swiftest of all things: all were eternal torment.”

“The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.”

“Energy is eternal delight.”

“Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.”

“Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.”