John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4268 Jane Elliott 1727-1805 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4268 |
| AUTHOR: | Jane Elliott (1727–1805) |
| QUOTATION: | The flowers of the forest are a’ wide awae. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Flowers of the Forest. |
| Note 1. This line appears in the “Flowers of the Forest,” part second, a later poem by Mrs. Cockburn. See Dyce’s “Specimens of British Poetesses,” p. 374. [back] |