John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7943 Austin Dobson 1840-1921 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7943 |
| AUTHOR: | Austin Dobson (1840–1921) |
| QUOTATION: | The ladies of St. James’s! They’re painted to the eyes; Their white it stays forever Their red it never dies: But Phillida, my Phillida! Her color comes and goes; It trembles to a lily,— It wavers to a rose. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | At the Sign of the Lyre. |