| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6662 |
| AUTHOR: | Park Benjamin (18091864) |
| QUOTATION: | Im king of the deadand I make my throne On a monument slab of marble cold; And my scepter of rule is the spade I hold: Come they from cottage or come they from hall, Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all! Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin I gather them in, I gather them in! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Old Sexton. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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