Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Oft
Oft has it been my lot to mark
A proud, conceited, talking spark,
With eyes that hardly served at most
To guard their master ’gainst a post;
Yet round the world the blade has been,
To see whatever could be seen.
Merrick.—The Chameleon.