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

3601 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3601
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight;
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Eloisa to Abelard. Line 273.
 
Note 1.
Priests, altars, victims, swam before my sight.—Edmund Smith: Phædra and Hippolytus, act i. sc. 1. [back]
 


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