| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5246 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Taylor Coleridge (17721834) |
| QUOTATION: | Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, Drops his blue-fringd lids, and holds them close, And hooting at the glorious sun in heaven Cries out, Where is it? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Fears in Solitude. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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