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

5698 George Gordon Noel Byron

 
NUMBER:5698
AUTHOR:George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824)
QUOTATION:O’er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, 1
Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realms, no limit to their sway,—
Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
ATTRIBUTION:The Corsair. Canto i. Stanza 1.
 
Note 1.
See Churchill, Quotation 10.

To all nations their empire will be dreadful, because their ships will sail wherever billows roll or winds can waft them.—Dalrymple: Memoirs, vol. iii. p. 152. [back]