John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5696 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5696 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | Hark! to the hurried question of despair: “Where is my child?”—an echo answers, “Where? 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Bride of Abydos. Canto i. Canto ii. Stanza 27. |
| Note 1. I came to the place of my birth, and cried, “The friends of my youth, where are they?” And echo answered, “Where are they?”—Arabic MS. [back] |