John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3219 Joseph Addison 1672-1719 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3219 |
| AUTHOR: | Joseph Addison (1672–1719) |
| QUOTATION: | The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Cato. Act i. Sc. 1. |