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

2618 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2618
AUTHOR:John Milton (1608–1674)
QUOTATION:A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold,
And pavement stars,—as stars to thee appear
Seen in the galaxy, that milky way
Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest
Powder’d with stars.
ATTRIBUTION:Paradise Lost. Book vii. Line 577.