John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2609 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2609 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Arms on armour clashing bray’d Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots rag’d: dire was the noise Of conflict. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book vi. Line 209. |