| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2620 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 21. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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