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

3671 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3671
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:As full-blown poppies, overcharg’d with rain,
Decline the head, and drooping kiss the plain,—
So sinks the youth; his beauteous head, deprest
Beneath his helmet, drops upon his breast.
ATTRIBUTION:The Iliad of Homer. Book viii. Line 371.