They also serve who only stand and wait

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1. The last line of the poem “On His Blindness,” by John Milton. The poet reflects that he has a place in God's world despite his disability.

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They also serve who only stand and wait

As John Milton, that other blind survivor, once noted: Though "Thousands at his bidding speed / And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest: / They also serve who only stand and wait."

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2016

They also serve who only stand and wait, said Aunt Lydia.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Humility went upstairs to her mother's room, and the two women prayed together— "They also serve who only stand and wait."

From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Thousands, at his bidding, speed And post o'er land and ocean, without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.'

From The Hundred Best English Poems by Adam L. (Adam Luke) Gowans

Compare Milton's "Sonnet on his Blindness": "They also serve who only stand and wait."

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin

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