| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2783 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ode on the Death of a fair Infant, dying of a Cough. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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