John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5762 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5762 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | ’T is sweet to hear the watch-dog’s honest bark Bay deep-mouth’d welcome as we draw near home; ’T is sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto i. Stanza 123. |