John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7527 George Madonald 1824-1905 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7527 |
| AUTHOR: | George Macdonald (1824–1905) |
| QUOTATION: | Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep or a kiss too long, And then comes a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Phantastes. |