John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5597 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5597 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess’d A thought, and claims the homage of a tear. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto ii. Stanza 24. |