John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5639 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5639 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | The thorns which I have reap’d are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 10. |