John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4799 William Pitt 1759-1806 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4799 |
| AUTHOR: | William Pitt (1759–1806) |
| QUOTATION: | Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all That shared its shelter perish in its fall. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin. No. xxxvi. |