Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends;
Where rolled the ocean, thereon was his home;
Where a blue sky, and glowing clime, extends,
He had the passion and the power to roam.

Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Love of nature Nature

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. 1817, canto 3, st. 13.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." The Major Works. Oxford UP, 2008, canto 3, st. 13.

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When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),—sleep, eating, and swilling—buttoning and unbuttoning—how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.

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Henry Beston
Source
The Outermost House
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Beston, Henry. The Outermost House. Doubleday and Doran, 1928, ch. 1.