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

3954 Nathaniel Cotton 1707-1788 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3954
AUTHOR:Nathaniel Cotton (1707–1788)
QUOTATION:To be resign’d when ills betide,
Patient when favours are deni’d,
  And pleas’d with favours given,—
Dear Chloe, this is wisdom’s part;
This is that incense of the heart 1
  Whose fragrance smells to heaven.
ATTRIBUTION:The Fireside. Stanza 11.
 
Note 1.
The incense of the heart may rise.—Pierpont: Every Place a Temple. [back]