John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5789 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5789 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | And her face so fair Stirr’d with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto iv. Stanza 29. |
| Note 1. All her innocent thoughts Like rose-leaves scatter’d. John Wilson: On the Death of a Child. (1812.) [back] |