John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4170 Thomas Gray 1716-1771 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4170 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
| QUOTATION: | Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream’d like a meteor to the troubled air. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Bard. I. 2, Line 5. |
| Note 1. See Cowley, Quotation 12. Milton, Quotation 21. [back] |