John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3915 James Thomson 1700-1748 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 3915 |
AUTHOR: | James Thomson (1700–1748) |
QUOTATION: | I care not, Fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of free Nature’s grace, You cannot shut the windows of the sky Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve: Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave: Of fancy, reason, virtue, naught can me bereave. |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Castle of Indolence. Canto ii. Stanza 3. |