John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5644 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5644 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till—’t is gone, and all is gray. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 29. |