John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2716 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2716 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo’s lute, 1 And a perpetual feast of nectar’d sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Comus. Line 476. |
| Note 1. See Shakespeare, Love’s Labour ’s Lost, Quotation 30. [back] |