John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6177 Sir Henry Taylor 1800-1886 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6177 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Henry Taylor (1800–1886) |
| QUOTATION: | Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world, Vanish like lightning, but they leave behind A voice that in the distance far away Wakens the slumbering ages. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Philip Van Artevelde. Part i. Act i. Sc. 5. |