| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5578 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (17881824) |
| QUOTATION: | Yet truth will sometimes lend her noblest fires, And decorate the verse herself inspires: This fact, in virtues name, let Crabbe attest, Though Natures sternest painter, yet the best. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Line 839. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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