John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6188 Edward Coate Pinkney 1802-1828 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6188 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward Coate Pinckney (1802–1828) |
| QUOTATION: | I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon; To whom the better elements And kindly stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, ’T is less of earth than heaven. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A Health. |