John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4728 Robert Burns 1759-1796 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4728 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| QUOTATION: | Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her ’prentice han’ she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Green grow the Rashes. |
| Note 1. Man was made when Nature was But an apprentice, but woman when she Was a skilful mistress of her art. Cupid’s Whirligig (1607). [back] |