John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5640 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5640 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo, The octogenarian chief, Byzantium’s conquering foe! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 12. |
| Note 1. See Wordsworth, Quotation 93. [back] |