John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2529 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2529 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Incens’d with indignation Satan stood Unterrify’d, and like a comet burn’d That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th’ arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 707. |