John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8383 Misellaneous John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8383 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
| QUOTATION: | A vest as admired Voltiger had on, Which from this Island’s foes his grandsire won, Whose artful colour pass’d the Tyrian dye, Obliged to triumph in this legacy. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The British Princes, p. 96. (1669.) |
| Note 1. The oft-quoted lines,— A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won, have been ascribed to Blackmore, but suppressed in the later editions of his poems. [back] |