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

7115 Robert Browning 1812-1889 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7115
AUTHOR:Robert Browning (1812–1889)
QUOTATION:Was there nought better than to enjoy?
  No feat which, done, would make time break,
  And let us pent-up creatures through
  Into eternity, our due?
No forcing earth teach heaven’s employ?
ATTRIBUTION:Dis aliter visum; or, Le Byron de nos Jours.