John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5671 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5671 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin,—his control Stops with the shore. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 179. |