John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5263 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5263 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| QUOTATION: | It sounds like stories from the laud of spirits If any man obtains that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. . . . . . . . . . Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man? Three treasures,—love and light, And calm thoughts, regular as infants’ breath; And three firm friends, more sure than day and night,— Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Complaint. Ed. 1852. The Good Great Man. Ed. 1893. |