John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5698 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5698 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | O’er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, 1 Survey our empire, and behold our home! These are our realms, no limit to their sway,— Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Corsair. Canto i. Stanza 1. |
| Note 1. See Churchill, Quotation 10. To all nations their empire will be dreadful, because their ships will sail wherever billows roll or winds can waft them.—Dalrymple: Memoirs, vol. iii. p. 152. [back] |