John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
25 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 25 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | Yet in our ashen cold is fire yreken. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Canterbury Tales. The Reves Prologue. Line 3880. |
| Note 1. E’en in our ashes live their wonted fires.—Thomas Gray: Elegy, Stanza 23. [back] |