John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3594 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3594 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire Chaos is restor’d, Light dies before thy uncreating word; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Dunciad. Book iv. Line 649. |