John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3013 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3013 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| QUOTATION: | Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow’d long,— Even wonder’d at, because he dropp’d no sooner. Fate seem’d to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more; Till like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Œdipus. Act iv. Sc. 1. |