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

5538 Reginald Heber 1783-1826 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:5538
AUTHOR:Reginald Heber (1783–1826)
QUOTATION:No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung;
Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung. 1
Majestic silence!
ATTRIBUTION:Palestine.
 
Note 1.
Altered in later editions to—
No workman’s steel, no ponderous axes rung,
Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung. [back]