Famous quotes containing the words gordon noel byron, george gordon noel, noel byron, george gordon, gordon, noel and/or byron:
“Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunderstorm against the wind.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Ambition was my idol, which was broken
Before the shrines of Sorrow, and of Pleasure;”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I have seen a thousand graves opened, and always perceived that whatever was gone, the teeth and hair remained of those who had died with them. Is not this odd? They go the very first things in youth & yet last the longest in the dust.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“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;”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The angels were all singing out of tune,
And hoarse with having little else to do,
Excepting to wind up the sun and moon
Or curb a runaway young star or two.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“And hiving wisdom with each studious year,
In meditation dwelt, with learning wrought,
And shaped his weapon with an edge severe,
Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)