John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6060 MDonald Clarke 1798-1842 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6060 |
| AUTHOR: | McDonald Clarke (1798–1842) |
| QUOTATION: | Whilst twilight’s curtain spreading far, Was pinned with a single star. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Death in Disguise. Line 227. (Boston edition, 1833.) |
| Note 1. Variant: While twilight’s curtain gathering far Is pinned with a single diamond star. Mrs. Child says: “He thus describes the closing day:— ‘Now twilight lets her curtain down, And pins it with a star.’” See Hood: Dream of Eugene Aram. “And drew my midnight curtain with fingers bloody red.” Cf. W. R. Alger, The Use of the Moon. The moon is a silver pinhead vast That holds the heavens tent-hangings fast. [back] |