John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6662 Park Benjamin 1809-1864 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6662 |
| AUTHOR: | Park Benjamin (1809–1864) |
| QUOTATION: | I’m king of the dead—and I make my throne On a monument slab of marble cold; And my scepter of rule is the spade I hold: Come they from cottage or come they from hall, Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all! Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin— I gather them in, I gather them in! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Old Sexton. |