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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3295 Edward Young 1683-1765 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3295
AUTHOR:Edward Young (1683–1765)
QUOTATION:Creation sleeps! ’T is as the general pulse
Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause,—
An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
ATTRIBUTION:Night Thoughts. Night i. Line 23.