John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4547 William Cowper 1731-1800 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4547 |
| AUTHOR: | William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| QUOTATION: | Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a lustre, he that runs may read. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tirocinium. Line 79. |
| Note 1. Write the vision, and make it plain, upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.—Habakkuk ii. 2. He that runs may read.—Alfred Tennyson: The Flower. [back] |