John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2632 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2632 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv’d My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper’d it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 508. |