John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3651 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3651 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | The day shall come, that great avenging day Which Troy’s proud glories in the dust shall lay, When Priam’s powers and Priam’s self shall fall, And one prodigious ruin swallow all. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Iliad of Homer. Book iv. Line 196. |