| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 18444 |
| QUOTATION: | The Queen has lands and gold, Mother The Queen has lands and gold, While you are forced to your empty breast A skeleton Babe to hold |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Amelia Edwards (18311892), British writer, Egyptologist. Give Me Three Grains of Corn, Mother, st. 4. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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