John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7586 John Townsend Trowbridge 1827- ? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7586 |
| AUTHOR: | John Townsend Trowbridge (1827– ?) |
| QUOTATION: | Our days, our deeds, all we achieve or are, Lay folded in our infancy; the things Of good or ill we choose while yet unborn. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sonnet. Nativity. |