John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4581 Isaa Bikerstaff 1735-1787 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4581 |
| AUTHOR: | Isaac Bickerstaff (1735–1787) |
| QUOTATION: | There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the river Dee; He worked and sung from morn till night: No lark more blithe than he. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Love in a Village. Act i. Sc. 2. |