John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2498 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2498 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais’d To that bad eminence. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 1. |