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] |