John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2568 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2568 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | For contemplation he and valour form’d, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declar’d Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book iv. Line 297. |