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

2390 Samuel Butler 1612-1680 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2390
AUTHOR:Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
QUOTATION:Love in your hearts as idly burns
As fire in antique Roman urns. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 309.
 
Note 1.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
William Cowper: Conversation, line 357. [back]