John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9672 Edmond Rostand 1868-1918 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9672 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmond Rostand (1868–1918) |
| QUOTATION: | And sounding in advance its victory, My song jets forth so clear, so proud, so peremptory, That the horizon, seized with a rosy trembling, Obeys me. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Chantecler. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| Note 1. Et sonnant d’avance sa victoire, Mon chant jaillit si net, si fier, si peremptoire Que l’horizon, saisi d’un rose tremblement, M’obéit. [back] |