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

6806 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6806
AUTHOR:Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892)
QUOTATION:Thy leaf has perished in the green,
  And while we breathe beneath the sun,
  The world which credits what is done
Is cold to all that might have been.
ATTRIBUTION:In Memoriam. lxxv. Stanza 4.