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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2036 John Donne 1572-1631 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2036
AUTHOR:John Donne (1572–1631)
QUOTATION:We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
ATTRIBUTION:Funeral Elegies. On the Death of Mistress Drury.