John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5154 Sir Walter Sott 1771-1832 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5154 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| QUOTATION: | Who o’er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman’s mood, And fierce as Frenzy’s fever’d blood. Thou many-headed monster 1 thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lady of the Lake. Canto v. Stanza 30. |
| WORKS: | Sir Walter Scott Collection. |
| Note 1. See Massinger, Quotation 3. [back] |