A great poet belongs to no country; his works are public property, and his Memoirs the inheritance of the public.


As quoted in Conversations of Lord Byron with Thomas Medwin (1832), Preface


A great poet belongs to no country; his works are public property, and his Memoirs the inheritance of the public.

A great poet belongs to no country; his works are public property, and his Memoirs the inheritance of the public.

A great poet belongs to no country; his works are public property, and his Memoirs the inheritance of the public.

A great poet belongs to no country; his works are public property, and his Memoirs the inheritance of the public.