Lord Byron Quotes on Legacy
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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.
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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.
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Shrine of the mighty! can it be That this is all remains of thee?
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When all of genius which can perish dies.
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Who track the steps of glory to the grave.
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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.
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The world is rid of Lord Byron, but the deadly slime of his touch still remains.