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

4772 Robert Burns 1759-1796 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4772
AUTHOR:Robert Burns (1759–1796)
QUOTATION:In durance vile 1 here must I wake and weep,
And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.
ATTRIBUTION:Epistle from Esopus to Maria.
 
Note 1.
Durance vile.—W. Kenrick (1766): Falstaff’s Wedding, act i. sc. 2. Edmund Burke: The Present Discontents. [back]