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] |