John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4111 Lord Lyttleton 1709-1773 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4111 |
| AUTHOR: | Lord Lyttleton (1709–1773) |
| QUOTATION: | For his chaste Muse employ’d her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Prologue to Thomson’s Coriolanus. |