John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5608 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5608 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | I am as a weed Flung from the rock, on Ocean’s foam to sail Where’er the surge may sweep, the tempest’s breath prevail. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 2. |