John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9612 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9612 |
| AUTHOR: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) |
| QUOTATION: | Know’st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket’s gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose? 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Wilhelm Meister. Book iii. Chap. i. |
| WORKS: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Collection. |
| Note 1. See Byron, Quotation 122. [back] |