John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5724 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5724 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | She was his life, The ocean to the river of his thoughts, 1 Which terminated all. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Dream. Stanza 2. |
| Note 1. She floats upon the river of his thoughts.—Henry W. Longfellow: The Spanish Student, act ii. sc. 3. [back] |