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

6188 Edward Coate Pinkney 1802-1828 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6188
AUTHOR:Edward Coate Pinckney (1802–1828)
QUOTATION:I fill this cup to one made up
  Of loveliness alone,
A woman, of her gentle sex
  The seeming paragon;
To whom the better elements
  And kindly stars have given
A form so fair, that, like the air,
  ’T is less of earth than heaven.
ATTRIBUTION:A Health.