John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4628 Anna Letitia (Aikin) Barbauld 1743-1825 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4628 |
| AUTHOR: | Anna Letitia (Aikin) Barbauld (1743–1825) |
| QUOTATION: | So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o’er; So gently shuts the eye of day; 1 So dies a wave along the shore. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Death of the Virtuous. |
| Note 1. See Chaucer, Quotation 57. [back] |