John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5688 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5688 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | She was a form of life and light That seen, became a part of sight, And rose, where’er I turn’d mine eye, The morning-star of memory! Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Alla given, To lift from earth our low desire. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Giaour. Line 1127. |