John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4146 John Brown 1715-1766 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4146 |
| AUTHOR: | John Brown (1715–1766) |
| QUOTATION: | Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,— That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Barbarossa. Act v. Sc. 3. |