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

4547 William Cowper 1731-1800 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4547
AUTHOR:William Cowper (1731–1800)
QUOTATION:Shine by the side of every path we tread
With such a lustre, he that runs may read. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Tirocinium. Line 79.
 
Note 1.
Write the vision, and make it plain, upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.—Habakkuk ii. 2.

He that runs may read.—Alfred Tennyson: The Flower. [back]