John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
230 Sir Walter Raleigh 1554?-1618 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 230 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
| QUOTATION: | If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd’s tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Nymph’s Reply to the Passionate Shepherd. |