John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2554 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2554 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Now conscience wakes despair That slumber’d,—wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book iv. Line 23. |