John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
280 John Lyly 1554?-1606 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 280 |
| AUTHOR: | John Lyly (1554?–1606) |
| QUOTATION: | How at heaven’s gates she claps her wings, The morne not waking til she sings. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Cupid and Campaspe. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Hark, hark! the lark at heaven’s gat sings, And Phœbus ’gins arise. William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, act ii. sc. 3. [back] |