John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7991 Andrew Lang 1844-1912 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7991 |
| AUTHOR: | Andrew Lang (1844–1912) |
| QUOTATION: | Here’s a pot with a cot in a park In a park where the peach-blossoms blew, Where the lovers eloped in the dark, Lived, died and were changed into two Bright birds that eternally flew Through the boughs of the may, as they sang; ’T is a tale was undoubtedly true In the reign of the Emperor Hwang. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ballade of blue China. |