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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A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony. |
Don Juan. Canto ii. Stanza 53. |
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All who joy would win Must share it,—happiness was born a twin. |
Don Juan. Canto ii. Stanza 172. |
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Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. |
Don Juan. Canto ii. Stanza 178. |
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A long, long kiss,—a kiss of youth and love. |
Don Juan. Canto ii. Stanza 186. |
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Alas, the love of women! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing. |
Don Juan. Canto ii. Stanza 199. |
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In her first passion woman loves her lover: In all the others, all she loves is love. 1 |
Don Juan. Canto iii. Stanza 3. |
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He was the mildest manner’d man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat. |
Don Juan. Canto iii. Stanza 41. |
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The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung. . . . . . Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set. |
Don Juan. Canto iii. Stanza 86. 1. |
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The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free. |
Don Juan. Canto iii. Stanza 86. 3. |
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Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylæ. |
Don Juan. Canto iii. Stanza 86. 7. |
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You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? |
Note 1. Dans les premières passions les femmes aiment l’amant, et dans les autres elles aiment l’amour.—Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld: Maxim 471. [back] |