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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3122 John Pomfret 1667-1703 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3122
AUTHOR:John Pomfret (1667–1703)
QUOTATION:We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe,
And still adore the hand that gives the blow. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Verses to his Friend under Affliction.
 
Note 1.
See Dryden, Quotation 97. [back]