John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2489 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2489 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear’d Less than archangel ruin’d, and th’ excess Of glory obscur’d. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 591. |