8 Lord Byron Quotes on Life

Lord Byron quotes on life

33. Oh, talk not to me of a name great in story; The days of our youth are the days of our glory; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.

44. Seek out - less often sought than found - A Soldier's Grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy Ground, And take thy Rest.

65. He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled,- The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers.

73. I die-but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed.

77. She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.

99. But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar.

112. Which makes life itself a lie, Flattering dust with eternity.

115. The dust we tread upon was once alive.