John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1976 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1976 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | It [Poesy] was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Advancement of Learning. Book ii. (1605). |