| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2769 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | Sweet bird, that shunst the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Il Penseroso. Line 61. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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