| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 7724 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Clarence Stedman (18331908) |
| QUOTATION: | Crops failed; wealth took a flight; house, treasure, land, Slipped from my holdthus plenty comes and goes. One friend I had, but he too loosed his hand (Or was it I?) the year I met with Rose. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The World well lost. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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