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

5582 George Gordon Noel Byron

 
NUMBER:5582
AUTHOR:George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824)
QUOTATION:Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare,
And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.
ATTRIBUTION:Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto i. Stanza 9.