39880. Milton, John. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996

The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.


NUMBER:	39880
QUOTATION:	And though the shady gloom Had given day her room, The sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlightened world no more should need; He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne or burning axle-tree could bear.
ATTRIBUTION:	John Milton (1608–1674), British poet. On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity (l. 49–56). . . The Complete Poetry of John Milton. John T. Shawcross, ed. (1963, rev. ed. 1971) Doubleday.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:	Milton Collection.