| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5597 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (17881824) |
| QUOTATION: | None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possessd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, Canto ii. Stanza 24. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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