John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5797 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5797 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | That all-softening, overpowering knell, The tocsin of the soul,—the dinner bell. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto v. Stanza 49. |