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

6710 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6710
AUTHOR:Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892)
QUOTATION:Tho’ thou wert scattered to the wind,
Yet is there plenty of the kind. 1 
ATTRIBUTION:The Two Voices.
 
Note 1.
FitzGerald: Omar Khayyám (1868).
And fear not lest Existence closing your
Account should lose or know the type no more:
  The Eternal Sáki from that Bowl has poured
Millions of Bubbles like us and will pour.

In the edition of 1889 the second line reads:
  Account and mine, should know the like no more. [back]