John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8381 Misellaneous John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8381 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | There is a garden in her face, Where roses and white lilies show; A heavenly paradise is that place, Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow. There cherries hang that none may buy, Till cherry ripe themselves do cry. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | An Howres Recreation in Musike. (1606. Set to music by Richard Alison. Oliphant’s “La Messa Madrigalesca,” p. 229.) |