John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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John Milton. (16081674) (continued)
2488 Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 549.
2489 His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeard Less than archangel ruind, and th excess Of glory obscurd.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 591.
2490 In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 597.
2491 Thrice he assayd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 619.
2492 Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 648.
2493 Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven; for evn in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heavens pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyd In vision beatific.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 679.
2494 Let none admire That riches grow in hell: that soil may best Deserve the precious bane.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 690.
2495 Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 710.
2496 From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summers day; and with the setting sun Droppd from the Zenith like a falling star.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 742.
2497 Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress.
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 781.