Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Paradise Lost. Book xi. Line 485.

And over them triumphant Death his dart

Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invok'd.

Paradise Lost. Book xi. Line 491.

So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop

Into thy mother's lap.

Paradise Lost. Book xi. Line 535.

Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st

Live well: how long or short permit to heaven.[240:1]

Paradise Lost. Book xi. Line 553.