John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3453 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3453 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 19. |