01c. 1806 ADThe heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.Lord Byron / quote ↗
04c. 1806 ADI am the very slave of circumstance And impulse,—borne away with every breath!Lord Byron / quote ↗
06c. 1806 ADFor most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinions by a wager.Lord Byron / quote ↗
07c. 1806 ADSoprano, basso, even the contra-alto, Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.Lord Byron / quote ↗
08c. 1806 ADHis heart was one of those which most enamour us,— Wax to receive, and marble to retain.Lord Byron / quote ↗
10c. 1806 ADThat soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth.Lord Byron / quote ↗
11c. 1806 ADHeart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.Lord Byron / quote ↗
12c. 1806 ADO Mirth and Innocence! O milk and water! Ye happy mixtures of more happy days.Lord Byron / quote ↗
13c. 1806 ADAnd if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.Lord Byron / quote ↗
15c. 1806 ADWhose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones.Lord Byron / quote ↗
17c. 1806 ADSublime tobacco! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest.Lord Byron / quote ↗
18c. 1806 ADDivine in hookas, glorious in a pipe When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe; Like other charmers, wooing the caress More dazzlingly when daring in full dress; Yet thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties—give me a cigar!Lord Byron / quote ↗
19c. 1806 ADMy days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone!Lord Byron / quote ↗
21c. 1806 ADIn virtues nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar!Lord Byron / quote ↗
22c. 1806 ADBut, oh ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly,—have they not henpeck'd you all?Lord Byron / quote ↗
23c. 1806 ADThe languages, especially the dead, The sciences, and most of all the abstruse, The arts, at least all such as could be said To be the most remote from common use.Lord Byron / quote ↗
