John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5237 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 5237 |
AUTHOR: | Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
QUOTATION: | Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth, And constancy live in realms above; And life is thorny, and youth is vain, And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Christabel. Part ii. |