John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5897 Edward Everett 1794-1865 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5897 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward Everett (1794–1865) |
| QUOTATION: | You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast, Nor yet within the common soil Lay down the wreck of power to rest, Where man can boast that he has trod On him that was “the scourge of God.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Alaric the Visigoth. |