John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2439 Edmund Waller 1606-1687 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2439 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Waller (1606–1687) |
| QUOTATION: | A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that ’s good, and all that ’s fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On a Girdle. |