John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5657 George Gordon Noel Byron
NUMBER: | 5657 |
AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
QUOTATION: | Heaven gives its favourites—early death. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 102. |
Note 1. See Wordsworth, Quotation 136. [back] |