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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.)