John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8368 Misellaneous John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8368 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | Hope tells a flattering tale, 1 Delusive, vain, and hollow. Ah! let not hope prevail, Lest disappointment follow. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Miss —— Wrother: The Universal Songster. Vol. ii. p. 86. |
| Note 1. Hope told a flattering tale, That Joy would soon return; Ah! naught my sighs avail, For Love is doomed to mourn. Anonymous (air by Giovanni Paisiello, 1741–1816): Universal Songster, vol. i. p. 320. [back] |