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

280 John Lyly 1554?-1606 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:280
AUTHOR:John Lyly (1554?–1606)
QUOTATION:How at heaven’s gates she claps her wings,
The morne not waking til she sings. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Cupid and Campaspe. Act v. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
Hark, hark! the lark at heaven’s gat sings,
And Phœbus ’gins arise.
William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, act ii. sc. 3. [back]