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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3012 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3012
AUTHOR:John Dryden (1631–1700)
QUOTATION:His hair just grizzled,
As in a green old age. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Œdipus. Act iii. Sc. 1.
 
Note 1.
A green old age unconscious of decay.—Alexander Pope: The Iliad, book xxiii. line 929. [back]