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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:228
AUTHOR:George Peele (1558?–1597?)
QUOTATION:His helmet now shall make a hive for bees,
  And lovers’ songs be turned to holy psalms;
A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees,
  And feed on prayers, which are old age’s alms.
ATTRIBUTION:Sonnet. Polyhymnia.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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