John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron. (1788–1824) (continued) |
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| And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong. |
| Mazeppa. Stanza 10. |
| 5749 |
| They never fail who die In a great cause. |
| Marino Faliero. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 5750 |
| Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones. |
| Age of Bronze. Stanza 3. |
| 5751 |
| I loved my country, and I hated him. |
| The Vision of Judgment. lxxxiii. |
| 5752 |
| Sublime tobacco! which from east to west Cheers the tar’s labour or the Turkman’s rest. |
| The Island. Canto ii. Stanza 19. |
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| Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe When tipp’d with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe; Like other charmers, wooing the caress More dazzlingly when daring in full dress; Yet thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties—give me a cigar! |
| The Island. Canto ii. Stanza 19. |
| 5754 |
| My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! |
| On my Thirty-sixth Year. |
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| Brave men were living before Agamemnon. 1 |
| Don Juan. Canto i. Stanza 5. |
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| In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine “incomparable oil,” Macassar! |
| Don Juan. Canto i. Stanza 17. |
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| But, oh ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly,—have they not henpeck’d you all? |
| Don Juan. Canto i. Stanza 22. |
| Note 1. Vixerunt fortes ante Agamemnona Multi. Horace: Ode iv. 9. 25. [back] |