John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2747 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2747 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Throw hither all your quaint enamell’d eyes That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freakt with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attir’d woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lycidas. Line 139. |