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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

218 Mathew Roydon 1586 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:218
AUTHOR:Mathew Roydon (c. 1586)
QUOTATION:A sweet attractive kinde of grace,
A full assurance given by lookes,
Continuall comfort in a face
The lineaments of Gospell bookes.
ATTRIBUTION:An Elegie; or Friend’s Passion for his Astrophill. 1
 
Note 1.
This piece (ascribed to Spenser) was printed in The Phœnix’ Nest, 4to, 1593, where it is anonymous. Todd has shown that it was written by Mathew Roydon. [back]