John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
218 Mathew Roydon 1586 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 218 |
| AUTHOR: | Mathew Roydon (c. 1586) |
| QUOTATION: | A sweet attractive kinde of grace, A full assurance given by lookes, Continuall comfort in a face The lineaments of Gospell bookes. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | An Elegie; or Friend’s Passion for his Astrophill. 1 |
| Note 1. This piece (ascribed to Spenser) was printed in The Phœnix’ Nest, 4to, 1593, where it is anonymous. Todd has shown that it was written by Mathew Roydon. [back] |