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

6649 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6649
AUTHOR:Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
QUOTATION:And that dismal cry rose slowly
  And sank slowly through the air,
Full of spirit’s melancholy
  And eternity’s despair;
And they heard the words it said,—
“Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!
    Pan, Pan is dead!” 1 
ATTRIBUTION:The dead Pan.
 
Note 1.
Thamus … uttered with a loud voice his message, “The great Pan is dead.”—Plutarch: Why the Oracles cease to give Answers. [back]