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

219 Mathew Roydon 1586 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:219
AUTHOR:Mathew Roydon (c. 1586)
QUOTATION:Was never eie did see that face,
  Was never eare did heare that tong,
Was never minde did minde his grace,
  That ever thought the travell long;
    But eies and eares and ev’ry thought
    Were with his sweete perfections caught.
ATTRIBUTION:An Elegie; or Friend’s Passion for his Astrophill.