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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

5671 George Gordon Noel Byron

 
NUMBER:5671
AUTHOR:George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824)
QUOTATION:Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
Man marks the earth with ruin,—his control
Stops with the shore.
ATTRIBUTION:Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 179.