| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 7753 |
| AUTHOR: | William Morris (18341896) |
| QUOTATION: | Masters, I have to tell a tale of woe, A tale of folly and of wasted life, Hope against hope, the bitter dregs of strife, Ending, where all things end, in death at last. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Earthly Paradise. Prologue. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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