John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2705 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2705 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smil’d! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Comus. Line 249. |