John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2555 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2555 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | At whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish’d heads. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book iv. Line 34. |
| Note 1. Ye little stars! hide our diminished rays.—Alexander Pope: Moral Essays, epistle iii. line 282. [back] |