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

4189 Thomas Gray 1716-1771 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4189
AUTHOR:Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
QUOTATION:Hands that the rod of empire might have sway’d,
  Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
ATTRIBUTION:Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 12.