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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:4167
AUTHOR:Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
QUOTATION:Bright-eyed Fancy, hov’ring o’er,
Scatters from her pictured urn
Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Progress of Poesy. III. 3, Line 2.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
See Cowley, Quotation 19. [back]
 

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