 I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories.  Don Juan: Cantos XII.-XIII.-and XIV - Page 140by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Longueville - 1919 - 116 pages
...quote the doleful lines of Byron : — Of all the horrid, hideous sounds of woe, Sadder than owls' song or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past. Again, the kindest of hosts is tempted to break off... | |
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