John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5609 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5609 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | He who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, 1 So that no wonder waits him. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 5. |
| Note 1. See Sheridan, Quotation 40. [back] |