John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7135 Robert Browning 1812-1889 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 7135 |
AUTHOR: | Robert Browning (1812–1889) |
QUOTATION: | Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1185. |