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

2266 Robert Herrik 1591-1674 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2266
AUTHOR:Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
QUOTATION:Some asked how pearls did grow, and where?
  Then spoke I to my girl
To part her lips, and showed them there
  The quarelets of pearl.
ATTRIBUTION:The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarrie of Pearls.