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. |