Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.
Lord ByronOne certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine.
Lord ByronTis an old lesson; time approves it true, And those who know it best, deplore it most; When all is won that all desire to woo, The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.
Lord Byron