John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2497 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2497 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 781. |