John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4534 William Cowper 1731-1800 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4534 |
| AUTHOR: | William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| QUOTATION: | Silently as a dream the fabric rose, No sound of hammer or of saw was there. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Task. Book v. The Winter Morning Walk. Line 144. |
| Note 1. No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung; Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung. Reginald Heber: Palestine. So that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building.—1 Kings vi. 7. [back] |