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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:4155
AUTHOR:Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
QUOTATION:Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,
  Less pleasing when possest;
The tear forgot as soon as shed,
  The sunshine of the breast.
ATTRIBUTION:On a Distant Prospect of Eton College. Stanza 5.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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