John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6787 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6787 |
| AUTHOR: | Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| QUOTATION: | And from his ashes may be made The violet of his native land. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | In Memoriam. xviii. Stanza 1. |
| Note 1. See Shakespeare, page 144; also FitzGerald, Rubáiyát, xix. [back] |