| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4299 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?1774) |
| QUOTATION: | While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Deserted Village. Line 110. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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