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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2498 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2498
AUTHOR:John Milton (1608–1674)
QUOTATION:High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit rais’d
To that bad eminence.
ATTRIBUTION:Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 1.