John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3244 Joseph Addison 1672-1719 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 3244 |
AUTHOR: | Joseph Addison (1672–1719) |
QUOTATION: | Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Horace. Ode iii. Book iii. |