John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4478 William Cowper 1731-1800 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4478 |
| AUTHOR: | William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| QUOTATION: | Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah’s ark. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Retirement. Line 691. |