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

Thomas William Parsons 1819-1892 John Bartlett

 
1
    Sorrow and scarlet leaf,
  Sad thoughts and sunny weather:
Ah me, this glory and this grief
  Agree not well together!
          A Song for September.
2
    No dream his life was—but a fight!
  Could any Beatrice see
A lover in that anchorite?
          On a Bust of Dante.
3
    O Time! whose verdicts mock our own,
  The only righteous judge art thou!
          On a Bust of Dante.