1976. Francis Bacon. 1561-1626. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	1976
AUTHOR:	Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
QUOTATION:	It [Poesy] was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind.
ATTRIBUTION:	Advancement of Learning. Book ii. (1605).
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.