John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2065 Ben Jonson 1572-1637 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2065 |
| AUTHOR: | Ben Jonson (1572–1637) |
| QUOTATION: | What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew? 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elegy on the Lady Jane Pawlet. |
| Note 1. What beckoning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade? Alexander Pope: To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. [back] |