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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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