John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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NUMBER: | 3594 |
AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (16881744) |
QUOTATION: | Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire Chaos is restord, Light dies before thy uncreating word; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all. |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Dunciad. Book iv. Line 649. |
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