Love and marriage

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Love and marriage rarely can combine,
Although they both are born in the same clime;
Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine—
A sad, sour, sober beverage—by time
Is sharpen'd from its high celestial flavour,
Down to a very homely household savour.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic

Love and marriage Marriage Love

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1821, canto 3, st. 5.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 3, st. 5.