John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5711 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5711 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale’s high note is heard; It is the hour when lovers’ vows Seem sweet in every whisper’d word. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Parisina. Stanza 1. |