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

2849 Rihard Crashaw 1612?-1649 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2849
AUTHOR:Richard Crashaw (1612?–1649)
QUOTATION:The conscious water saw its God and blushed. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Epigram.
 
Note 1.
Nympha pudica Deum vidit, et erubuit (The modest Nymph saw the god, and blushed).—Epigrammationa Sacra. Aquæ in vinum versæ, p. 299. [back]