When people say, "I've told you fifty times," / They mean to scold, and very often do; / When poets say, "I've written fifty rhymes," / They make you dread that they 'II recite them too; In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes; / At fifty love for love is rare, 't is true, / But then, no doubt, it equally as true is, / A good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.


Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose (ed. Routledge, 2013) - ISBN: 9781317762058

Lord Byron Quotes

When people say, I've told you fifty times, / They mean to scold, and very often do; / When poets say, I've written fifty rhymes, / They make you...

When people say, I've told you fifty times, / They mean to scold, and very often do; / When poets say, I've written fifty rhymes, / They make you...

When people say, I've told you fifty times, / They mean to scold, and very often do; / When poets say, I've written fifty rhymes, / They make you...

When people say, I've told you fifty times, / They mean to scold, and very often do; / When poets say, I've written fifty rhymes, / They make you...