“You are the fools, not I — for I did dwell With a deep thought, and with a softened eye, On that Old Sexton's natural homily, In which there was Obscurity and Fame, The Glory and the Nothing of a Name.”
Verification
AttributedRecorded by a reliable secondary source; exact wording may differ.
Imported from Wikiquote; not yet checked by QuoteQuest against the original source.
Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Lord Byron
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
Churchill's Grave, l. 43.
Cite this source
Byron, Lord. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Lord Byron. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lord_Byron
Check citations against your institution's style guide; some details may be missing.
Provenance: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA)