His head, Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er, Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth, But strong for service still, and unimpair'd.
William Cowper
Time
His head, Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er, Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth, But strong for service still, and unimpair'd.
William Cowper
The Task. Book ii. The Timepiece. Line 702.
Recorded in John Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, 1905 printing.