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

3594 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3594
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires,
And unawares Morality expires.
Nor public flame nor private dares to shine;
Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine!
Lo! thy dread empire Chaos is restor’d,
Light dies before thy uncreating word;
Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall,
And universal darkness buries all.
ATTRIBUTION:The Dunciad. Book iv. Line 649.