John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5627 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5627 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 85. |