John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2271 Robert Herrik 1591-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2271 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | Fall on me like a silent dew, Or like those maiden showers Which, by the peep of day, do strew A baptism o’er the flowers. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | To Music, to becalm his Fever. |