John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2280 Robert Herrik 1591-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2280 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | But ne’er the rose without the thorn. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Rose. |
| Note 1. Flower of all hue, and without thorn the rose.—John Milton: Paradise Lost, book iv. line 256. [back] |