5154. Sir Walter Scott. 1771-1832. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	5154
AUTHOR:	Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
QUOTATION:	Who o’er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman’s mood, And fierce as Frenzy’s fever’d blood. Thou many-headed monster 1 thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king!
ATTRIBUTION:	Lady of the Lake. Canto v. Stanza 30.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:	Sir Walter Scott Collection.

Note 1.
See Massinger, Quotation 3. [back]