John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Browne. (1591?–1645?) |
| 2261 |
| Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span. 1 |
| Britannia’s Pastorals. Book i. Song 2. |
| 2262 |
| Did therewith bury in oblivion. |
| Britannia’s Pastorals. Book ii. Song 2. |
| 2263 |
| Well-languaged Daniel. |
| Britannia’s Pastorals. Book ii. Song 2. |
| Robert Herrick. (1591–1674) |
| 2264 |
| Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones,—come and buy! If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer, there, Where my Julia’s lips do smile,— There ’s the land, or cherry-isle. |
| Cherry Ripe. |
| 2265 |
| Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. |
| The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarrie of Pearls. |
| 2266 |
| Some asked how pearls did grow, and where? Then spoke I to my girl To part her lips, and showed them there The quarelets of pearl. |
| The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarrie of Pearls. |
| 2267 |
| A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness. |
| Delight in Disorder. |
| 2268 |
| A winning wave, deserving note, In the tempestuous petticoat; A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility,— Do more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part. |
| Delight in Disorder. |
| Note 1. See Bacon, Quotation 49. [back] |