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

Jane Elliott 1727-1805 John Bartlett

 
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    The flowers of the forest are a’ wide awae. 1
          The Flowers of the Forest.
 
Note 1.
This line appears in the “Flowers of the Forest,” part second, a later poem by Mrs. Cockburn. See Dyce’s “Specimens of British Poetesses,” p. 374. [back]