7 Lord Byron Quotes on Legacy

Lord Byron quotes on legacy

4. Farewell! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal avail'd on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky.

12. And thou wert lovely to the last, Extinguish'd, not decay'd; As stars that shoot along the sky Shine brightest as they fall from high.

67. Shrine of the mighty! can it be That this is all remains of thee?

89. When all of genius which can perish dies.

91. Who track the steps of glory to the grave.

100. Think'st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs: mine Have made my days and nights imperishable Endless, and all alike, as sands on the shore Innumerable atoms; and one desert Barren and cold, on which the wild waves break, But nothing rests, save carcases and wrecks, Rocks, and the salt-surf weeds of bitterness.

124. The world is rid of Lord Byron, but the deadly slime of his touch still remains.

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