John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2849 Rihard Crashaw 1612?-1649 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2849 |
| AUTHOR: | Richard Crashaw (1612?–1649) |
| QUOTATION: | The conscious water saw its God and blushed. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Epigram. |
| Note 1. Nympha pudica Deum vidit, et erubuit (The modest Nymph saw the god, and blushed).—Epigrammationa Sacra. Aquæ in vinum versæ, p. 299. [back] |