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

3319 Edward Young 1683-1765 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3319
AUTHOR:Edward Young (1683–1765)
QUOTATION:Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay;
And if in death still lovely, lovelier there;
Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Night Thoughts. Night iii. Line 104.
 
Note 1.
See Beaumont and Fletcher, Quotation 24. Dryden, Quotation 46. [back]