John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2486 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2486 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Th’ imperial ensign, which full high advanc’d Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 536. |
| Note 1. Stream’d like a meteor to the troubled air.—Thomas Gray: The Bard, i. 2, line 6. [back] |