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

3717 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3717
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:A green old age, 1 unconscious of decays,
That proves the hero born in better days.
ATTRIBUTION:The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 929.
 
Note 1.
See Dryden, Quotation 92. [back]