John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6534 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6534 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | Who ne’er his bread in sorrow ate, Who ne’er the mournful midnight hours Weeping upon his bed has sate, He knows you not, ye Heavenly Powers. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Motto, Hyperion. Book i. |
| Note 1. Wer nie sein Brod mit Thränen ass, Wer nicht die kummervollen Nächte Aul seinem Bette weinend sass, Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Mächte. Goethe: Wilhelm Meister, book ii. chap. xiii. [back] |