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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2486 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2486
AUTHOR:John Milton (1608–1674)
QUOTATION:Th’ imperial ensign, which full high advanc’d
Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 536.
 
Note 1.
Stream’d like a meteor to the troubled air.—Thomas Gray: The Bard, i. 2, line 6. [back]