Quote#Nature
Not worlds on worlds in phalanx deep
Quote byJohn Mason Good · 1764–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Daisy" (c1813), in Olinthus Gregory, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Character, Literary, Professional, and Religious, of the Late John Mason Good, M.D. (London: Henry Fisher, Son, and Co., 1828), p. 381.
English (original)
Not worlds on worlds in phalanx deep, Need we to prove a God is here; The Daisy, fresh from Winter's sleep, Tells of his hand in lines as clear.
— John Mason Good
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