| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2748 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lycidas. Line 168. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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