George Gordon Noel Byron ( 10 of 329 )
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.
Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare,
And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.
Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare,
And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.
Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water!
Ye happy mixture of more happy days!
Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water!
Ye happy mixture of more happy days!
There were his young barbarians all at play
There was their Dacian mother--he, their sire,
Butcher'd to read more
There were his young barbarians all at play
There was their Dacian mother--he, their sire,
Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday.
As good as a play.
As good as a play.
A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
And mischief-making monkey from his birth.
A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
And mischief-making monkey from his birth.
How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests
Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins
(Not of old victors, read more
How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests
Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins
(Not of old victors, all whose heads and crests
Weigh not the thin ore where their visage shines,
But) of find unclipt gold, where dully rests
Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
Of modern, reigning, sterling, stupid stamp;--
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Thou who hast
The fatal gist of beauty.
Thou who hast
The fatal gist of beauty.
Think not I am what I appear.
Think not I am what I appear.
In friendship I early was taught to believe;
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I have found that a read more
In friendship I early was taught to believe;
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I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive.
