John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5210 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5210 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| QUOTATION: | He holds him with his glittering eye, And listens like a three years’ child. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Ancient Mariner. Part i. |
| Note 1. Wordsworth, in his Notes to “We are Seven,” claims to have written this line. [back] |