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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:6569
AUTHOR:John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
QUOTATION:Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time,
  So “Bonnie Doon” but tarry;
Blot out the epic’s stately rhyme,
  But spare his “Highland Mary!”
ATTRIBUTION:Line on Burns.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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