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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2393
AUTHOR:Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
QUOTATION:The sun had long since in the lap
Of Thetis taken out his nap,
And, like a lobster boil’d, the morn
From black to red began to turn.
ATTRIBUTION:Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 29.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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