John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5692 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5692 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | The light of love, 1 the purity of grace, The mind, the music breathing from her face, 2 The heart whose softness harmonized the whole,— And oh, that eye was in itself a soul! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Bride of Abydos. Canto i. Stanza 6. |
| Note 1. See Gray, Quotation 14. [back] |
| Note 2. See Lovelace, Quotation 1. Browne, Quotation 8. [back] |