John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2701 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2701 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck’ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men’s names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Comus. Line 205. |