5046. William Wordsworth. 1770-1850. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


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]

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