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

6780 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6780
AUTHOR:Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892)
QUOTATION:        Sweet is every sound,
Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet;
Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro’ the lawn,
The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees.
ATTRIBUTION:The Princess. Part vii. Line 203.