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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| Page 554 |
| George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron. (1788–1824) (continued) |
| 5734 |
| But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar. |
| Manfred. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 5735 |
| Think’st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs. |
| Manfred. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 5736 |
| The heart ran o’er With silent worship of the great of old! The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. |
| Manfred. Act iii. Sc. 4. |
| 5737 |
| Which makes life itself a lie, Flattering dust with eternity. |
| Sardanapalus. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 5738 |
| By all that ’s good and glorious. |
| Sardanapalus. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 5739 |
| I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse,—borne away with every breath! |
| Sardanapalus. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
| 5740 |
| The dust we tread upon was once alive. |
| Sardanapalus. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
| 5741 |
| For most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinions by a wager. |
| Beppo. Stanza 27. |
| 5742 |
| Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto, Wished him five fathom under the Rialto. |
| Beppo. Stanza 32. |
| 5743 |
| His heart was one of those which most enamour us,— Wax to receive, and marble to retain. 1 |
| Beppo. Stanza 34. |
| 5744 |
| Besides, they always smell of bread and butter. |
| Beppo. Stanza 39. |
| 5745 |
| That soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth. |
| Beppo. Stanza 44. |
| 5746 |
| Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies. |
| Beppo. Stanza 45. |
| 5747 |
| O Mirth and Innocence! O milk and water! Ye happy mixtures of more happy days. |
| Beppo. Stanza 80. |
| Note 1. My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.—Cervantes: The Little Gypsy. [back] |
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