Perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save. Lord Byron More Quotes by Lord Byron More Quotes From Lord Byron It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. Lord Byron agitation time giving Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise. Lord Byron mind retirement world War, war is still the cry,-"war even to the knife!" Lord Byron knives cry war Think'st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs. Lord Byron calendars time thinking It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength. Lord Byron ocean struggle men Scion of chiefs and monarchs, where art thou? Fond hope of many nations, art thou dead? Could not the grave forget thee, and lay low Some less majestic, less beloved head? Lord Byron majestic hope art Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. Lord Byron unhappy literature sometimes The Christian has greatly the advantage of the unbeliever, having everything to gain and nothing to lose. Lord Byron nothing-to-lose gains christian They never fail who die in a great cause. Lord Byron sacrifice failure death Are not the mountains, waves, and skies as much a part of me, as I of them? Lord Byron wave mountain sky With thee all tales are sweet; each clime has charms; earth - sea alike - our world within our arms. Lord Byron our-world sea sweet I am no Platonist, I am nothing at all; but I would sooner be a Paulician, Manichean, Spinozist, Gentile, Pyrrhonian, Zoroastrian, than one of the seventy-two villainous sects who are tearing each other to pieces for the love of the Lord and hatred of each other. Lord Byron hatred two religion Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes. Lord Byron pique crowns passion Grief should be the instructor of the wise; Sorrow is Knowledge. Lord Byron sorrow grief wise Prolonged endurance tames the bold. Lord Byron inequality endurance I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one. It is a title dearly enough bought by most men, to render it endurable, even when not quite clearly made out, which it never can be till the Posterity, whose decisions are merely dreams to ourselves, has sanctioned or denied it, while it can touch us no further. Lord Byron dream mistake men Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. Lord Byron passion literature people But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent, Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race. There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life, Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse. Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are withered on the stem. Lord Byron daughter flower blood Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill. Lord Byron vengeance political enough Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very short may know it. Lord Byron vanity example may
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