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Famous Lord Byron Quotes
“Glory, like the phoenix 'midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires.”
“Grief is fantastical, and loves the dead, And the apparel of the grave.”
“Accursed be the city where the laws would stifle nature's!”
“Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf.”
“I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse -- borne away with every breath!”
“Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!”
“I loved my country, and I hated him.”
“I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed.”
“No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.”
“For through the South the custom still commands The gentleman to kiss the lady's hands.”
“[Armenian] is a rich language, however, and would amply repay any one the trouble of learning it.”
“So sweet the blush of bashfulness, E'en pity scarce can wish it less!”
“Go let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff not the brand.”
“Perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.”
“For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable.”
“I am surrounded here by parsons and methodists, but as you will see, not infested with the mania.”
“I've seen your stormy seas and stormy women, And pity lovers rather more than seamen.”
“And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music... Speak to me!”