John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3626 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3626 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | By foreign hands thy dying eyes were clos’d, By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos’d, By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn’d, By strangers honoured, and by strangers mourn’d! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. Line 51. |