John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3122 John Pomfret 1667-1703 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3122 |
| AUTHOR: | John Pomfret (1667–1703) |
| QUOTATION: | We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe, And still adore the hand that gives the blow. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Verses to his Friend under Affliction. |
| Note 1. See Dryden, Quotation 97. [back] |