| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 9672 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmond Rostand (18681918) |
| QUOTATION: | And sounding in advance its victory, My song jets forth so clear, so proud, so peremptory, That the horizon, seized with a rosy trembling, Obeys me. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Chantecler. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| | Note 1. Et sonnant davance sa victoire, Mon chant jaillit si net, si fier, si peremptoire Que lhorizon, saisi dun rose tremblement, Mobéit. [back] |
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