John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5787 George Gordon Noel Byron
NUMBER: | 5787 |
AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
QUOTATION: | “Whom the gods love die young,” was said of yore. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto iv. Stanza 12. |
Note 1. See Wordsworth, Quotation 148. [back] |