John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6718 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6718 |
| AUTHOR: | Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| QUOTATION: | From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife 1 Smile at the claims of long descent. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lady Clara Vere de Vere. Stanza 7. |
| Note 1. This line stands in Moxon’s edition of 1842,— “The gardener Adam and his wife,”— and was restored by the author in his edition of 1873. [back] |