| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5418 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Moore (17791852) |
| QUOTATION: | Fly not yet; t is just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower That scorns the eye of vulgar light, Begins to bloom for sons of night And maids who love the moon. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Fly not yet. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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