John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2390 Samuel Butler 1612-1680 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2390 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Butler (1612–1680) |
| QUOTATION: | Love in your hearts as idly burns As fire in antique Roman urns. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hudibras. Part ii. Canto i. Line 309. |
| Note 1. Our wasted oil unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns. William Cowper: Conversation, line 357. [back] |