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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Composure

The school was done, the bus’ness o’er,
When, tir’d of Greek and Latin lore,
Good Syntax sought his easy chair,
And sat in calm composure there.
William Combe.—Doctor Syntax, Canto I. Line 1.