John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6428 Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6428 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) |
| QUOTATION: | Alone!—that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The New Timon. (1846). Part ii. |