John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8412 Misellaneous John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8412 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | But were it to my fancy given To rate her charms, I ’d call them heaven; For though a mortal made of clay, Angels must love Ann Hathaway; She hath a way so to control, To rapture the imprisoned soul, And sweetest heaven on earth display, That to be heaven Ann hath a way; She hath a way, Ann Hathaway,— To be heaven’s self Ann hath a way. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to Shakespeare. 1 |
| Note 1. This poem entire may be found in Rossiter Johnson’s “Famous Single and Fugitive Poems.” [back] |