John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5582 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5582 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto i. Stanza 9. |