| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6534 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (18071882) |
| QUOTATION: | Who neer his bread in sorrow ate, Who neer the mournful midnight hours Weeping upon his bed has sate, He knows you not, ye Heavenly Powers. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Motto, Hyperion. Book i. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1. Wer nie sein Brod mit Thränen ass, Wer nicht die kummervollen Nächte Aul seinem Bette weinend sass, Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Mächte. Goethe: Wilhelm Meister, book ii. chap. xiii. [back] |
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