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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel 1834-1894 John Bartlett

 
1
    With whisper of her mellowing grain,
  With treble of brook and bud and tree,
Earth joys for ever to sustain
  The bass eternal of the sea.
          Beatrice.
2
    Ah! what if some unshamed iconoclast
Crumbling old fetish raiments of the past,
Rises from dead cerements the Christ at last?
What if men take to following where He leads,
Weary of mumbling Athanasian creeds?
          The red Flag.