| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5696 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (17881824) |
| QUOTATION: | Hark! to the hurried question of despair: Where is my child?an echo answers, Where? 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Bride of Abydos. Canto i. Canto ii. Stanza 27. |
| | Note 1. I came to the place of my birth, and cried, The friends of my youth, where are they? And echo answered, Where are they?Arabic MS. [back] |
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