John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | And smale foules maken melodie, That slepen alle night with open eye, So priketh hem nature in hir corages; Than longen folk to gon on pilgrimages. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Canterbury Tales. Prologue. Line 9. |