Quote#Nature
And the jasmin-flower in her fair young breast
Quote byRobert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton · 1831–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Wanderer (1859), Book ii: In France, "Aux Italiens", stanza xiii, p. 143..
English (original)
And the jasmin-flower in her fair young breast: (O the faint, sweet smell of that jasmin-flower!) And the one bird singing alone in his nest: And the one star over the tower.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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