John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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NUMBER: | 3056 |
AUTHOR: | John Norris (16571711) |
QUOTATION: | How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone. But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong, Like angels visits, short and bright; 1 Mortality s too weak to bear them long. |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Parting. |
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