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

2722 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2722
AUTHOR:John Milton (1608–1674)
QUOTATION:The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it,
But in another country, as he said,
Bore a bright golden flow’r, but not in this soil;
Unknown, and like esteem’d, and the dull swain
Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon.
ATTRIBUTION:Comus. Line 631.