John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7506 Bartholomew Dowling 1823-1863 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7506 |
| AUTHOR: | Bartholomew Dowling (1823–1863) |
| QUOTATION: | We meet neath the sounding rafter, And the walls around are bare; As they shout back our peals of laughter It seems that the dead are there. Ho! stand to your glasses steady! ’T is all we have left to prize. A cup to the dead already,— Hurrah for the next that dies! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Revel: Time of the Famine and Plague in India. |
| Note 1. Often attributed to Alfred Domett. [back] |