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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2845
AUTHOR:Sir John Denham (1615–1669)
QUOTATION:Though with those streams he no resemblance hold,
Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold;
His genuine and less guilty wealth t’ explore,
Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.
ATTRIBUTION:Cooper’s Hill. Line 165.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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