John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2770 John Milton 1608-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2770 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (1608–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav’n’s wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bow’d, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Il Penseroso. Line 65. |