John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4283 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4283 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
| QUOTATION: | Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill’d in gestic lore, Has frisk’d beneath the burden of threescore. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Traveller. Line 251. |