John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3393 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3393 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl’d, And now a bubble burst, and now a world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle i. Line 87. |