John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5690 George Gordon Noel Byron
NUMBER: | 5690 |
AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
QUOTATION: | Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all save the spirit of man is divine? |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Bride of Abydos. Canto i. Stanza 1. |