John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5418 Thomas Moore 1779-1852 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5418 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Moore (1779–1852) |
| QUOTATION: | Fly not yet; ’t is just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower That scorns the eye of vulgar light, Begins to bloom for sons of night And maids who love the moon. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Fly not yet. |