John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5720 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5720 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | Sighing that Nature form’d but one such man, And broke the die, in moulding Sheridan. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Monody on the Death of Sheridan. Line 117. |
| Note 1. Natura il fece, e poi ruppe la stampa (Nature made him, and then broke the mould).—Ariosto: Orlando Furioso, canto x. stanza 84. The idea that Nature lost the perfect mould has been a favorite one with all song-writers and poets, and is found in the literature of all European nations.—Book of English Songs, p. 28. [back] |