John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
235 Sir Walter Raleigh 1554?-1618 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 235 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
| QUOTATION: | Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Verses to Edmund Spenser. |
| Note 1. Methought I saw my late espoused saint.—John Milton: Sonnet xxiii. Methought I saw the footsteps of a throne.—William Wordsworth: Sonnet. [back] |