| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2761 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonsons learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancys child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | LAllegro. Line 129. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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