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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.