John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5046 William Wordsworth 1770-1850 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5046 |
| AUTHOR: | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| QUOTATION: | The good die first, 1 And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Excursion.Book i. |
| WORKS: | William Wordsworth Collection. |
| Note 1. Heaven gives its favourites—early death.—Lord Byron: Childe Harold, canto iv. stanza 102. Also Don Juan, canto iv. stanza 12. Quem Di diligunt Adolescens moritur (He whom the gods favor dies in youth). Plautus: Bacchides, act iv. sc. 7. [back] |