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

6939 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6939
AUTHOR:Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
QUOTATION:Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!
ATTRIBUTION:The chambered Nautilus.