John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8347 Misellaneous John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8347 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | Why thus longing, thus forever sighing For the far-off, unattain’d, and dim, While the beautiful all round thee lying Offers up its low, perpetual hymn? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Harriet W. Sewall (1819–1889): Why thus longing? |