| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4588 |
| AUTHOR: | James Beattie (17351803) |
| QUOTATION: | Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrewn, Fast by a brook or fountains murmuring wave; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Minstrel. Book ii. Stanza 17. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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