John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5085 William Wordsworth 1770-1850 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5085 |
| AUTHOR: | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| QUOTATION: | The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel’s wing. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ecclesiastical Sonnets. Part iii. v.Walton’s Book of Lives. |
| WORKS: | William Wordsworth Collection. |
| Note 1. The pen wherewith thou dost so heavenly sing Made of a quill from an angel’s wing. Henry Constable: Sonnet. Whose noble praise Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel’s wing. Dorothy Berry: Sonnet. [back] |