Lord Byron Quotes

I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture.

Lord Byron

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• Around Me
• Human Cities Torture

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• I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Mountains
  • Around Me
  • Human Cities Torture