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

8347 Misellaneous John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8347
AUTHOR:Miscellaneous
QUOTATION:Why thus longing, thus forever sighing
  For the far-off, unattain’d, and dim,
While the beautiful all round thee lying
  Offers up its low, perpetual hymn?
ATTRIBUTION:Harriet W. Sewall (1819–1889): Why thus longing?