2088. John Fletcher. 1579-1625. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	2088
AUTHOR:	John Fletcher (1579–1625)
QUOTATION:	Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that ’s gone; Violets plucked, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	The Queen of Corinth. Act iii. Sc. 2.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Weep no more, Lady! weep no more,
Thy sorrow is in vain;
For violets plucked, the sweetest showers
Will ne’er make grow again.
Thomas Percy: Reliques. The Friar of Orders Gray. [back]

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