John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8382 Misellaneous John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 8382 |
AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
QUOTATION: | Those cherries fairly do enclose Of orient pearl a double row; Which when her lovely laughter shows, They look like rosebuds filled with snow. |
ATTRIBUTION: | An Howres Recreation in Musike. (1606. Set to music by Richard Alison. Oliphant’s “La Messa Madrigalesca,” p. 229.) |