John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8427 Hesiod fl 8th ent? BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8427 |
| AUTHOR: | Hesiod (fl. 8th cent.? B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | On the tongue of such an one they shed a honeyed dew, 1 and from his lips drop gentle words. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Theogony. Line 82. |
| Note 1. See Coleridge, Quotation 34. [back] |