John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2879 Abraham Cowley 1618-1667 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2879 |
| AUTHOR: | Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) |
| QUOTATION: | Charm’d with the foolish whistling of a name 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Virgil, Georgics. Book ii. Line 72. |
| Note 1. Ravish’d with the whistling of a name.—Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle iv. line 281. [back] |