John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7647 Silas Weir Mithell 1829-1914 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 7647 |
AUTHOR: | Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) |
QUOTATION: | When youth as lord of my unchallenged fate, 1 And time seemed but the vassal of my will, I entertained certain guests of state— The great of older days. |
ATTRIBUTION: | On a Boy’s first Reading of “King Henry V.” |
Note 1. See Henley, page 829. [back] |