The very knowledge that he lived in vain,
That all was over on this side the tomb,
Had made Despair a smilingness assume.


Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18) canto 3, st. 16

Lord Byron Quotes

The very knowledge that he lived in vain, That all was over on this side the tomb, Had made Despair a smilingness assume.

The very knowledge that he lived in vain, That all was over on this side the tomb, Had made Despair a smilingness assume.

The very knowledge that he lived in vain, That all was over on this side the tomb, Had made Despair a smilingness assume.

The very knowledge that he lived in vain, That all was over on this side the tomb, Had made Despair a smilingness assume.