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Lord Byron
Lord Byron

From The Last Hill That Looks On Thy Once Holy Dome

From The Last Hill That Looks On Thy Once Holy Dome

I.
From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome,
I beheld thee, Oh Sion! when rendered to Rome…

483
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

From Anacreon: 'Twas Now The Hour When Night Had Driven

From Anacreon: 'Twas Now The Hour When Night Had Driven

'Twas now the hour when Night had driven
Her car half round yon sable heaven;
Boötes, only, seem'…

413
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Fill The Goblet Again: A Song

Fill The Goblet Again: A Song

Fill the goblet again! for I never before
Felt the glow which now gladdens my heart to its core;
Let us drink!who
wou…

477
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Francisca

Francisca


Francisca walks in the shadow of night,
But it is not to gaze on the heavenly light But
if she sits in her garden bower,
'Tis not f…

524
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Fare Thee Well

Fare Thee Well

Fare thee well! and if for ever,
Still for ever, fare thee well:
Even though unforgiving, never
'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. <…

533
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Farewell To The Muse

Farewell To The Muse

Thou Power! who hast ruled me through Infancy's days,
Young offspring of Fancy, 'tis time we should part;
Then rise on the gale this…

514
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epitaph For William Pitt

Epitaph For William Pitt

With death doom'd to grapple,
Beneath this cold slab, he
Who lied in the Chapel
Now lies in the Abbey.

467
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epitaph On John Adams, Of Southwell - A Carrier, Who Died Of Drunkenness

Epitaph On John Adams, Of Southwell - A Carrier, Who Died Of Drunkenness

JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell,
A Carrier who carried his can to his…

498
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epistle To Augusta

Epistle To Augusta

I.
My sister! my sweet sister! if a name
Dearer and purer were, it should be thine;
Mountains and seas divide us, but I claim

560
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epitaph

Epitaph


Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler grave than this:
Here lie the bones of Castlereagh:
Stop, traveler

468
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epigram: The World Is A Bundle Of Hay

Epigram: The World Is A Bundle Of Hay

The world is a bundle of hay,
Mankind are the asses who pull;
Each tugs it a different way,
And the greatest …

349
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epistle From Mr. Murray To Dr. Polidori

Epistle From Mr. Murray To Dr. Polidori

Dear Doctor, I have read your play,
Which is a good one in its way,Purges
the eyes and moves the bowels,
An…

405
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epigram, On The Braziers' Company Having Resolved To Present An Address

Epigram, On The Braziers' Company Having Resolved To Present An Address
To Queen Caroline

The braziers, it seems, are preparing to pass
An address, and p…

453
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Epigram

Epigram


In digging up your bones, Tom Paine,
Will. Cobbett has done well:
You visit him on earth again,
He'll visit you in hell.

468
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Elegy On Newstead Abbey

Elegy On Newstead Abbey

'It is the voice of years that are gone!
they roll before me with all their deeds.'~OSSIAN


Newstead! fastfalling,

501
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (excerpt)

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (excerpt)

Time was, ere yet in these degenerate days

Ignoble themes obtain'd mistaken praise,

When sense a…

575
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Canto The Thirteenth

Don Juan: Canto The Thirteenth

I now mean to be serious;it
is time,
Since laughter nowadays
is deem'd too serious.
A jest at Vice by Virtue's…

472
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Dedication

Don Juan: Dedication

Difficile est proprie communia dicere
HOR. Epist. ad PisonI
Bob Southey! You're a poetPoetlaureate,
And representative of all …

509
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Canto The Tenth

Don Juan: Canto The Tenth

When Newton saw an apple fall, he found
In that slight startle from his contemplation'
Tis said (for I 'll not answer above grou…

477
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Canto The Sixteenth

Don Juan: Canto The Sixteenth

The antique Persians taught three useful things,
To draw the bow, to ride, and speak the truth.
This was the mode of Cyrus,…

549
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Canto The Ninth

Don Juan: Canto The Ninth

Oh, Wellington! (or 'Villainton'for
Fame
Sounds the heroic syllables both ways;
France could not even conquer your great …

564
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Canto The Seventeenth

Don Juan: Canto The Seventeenth

The world is full of orphans: firstly, those
Who are so in the strict sense of the phrase
(But many a lonely tree the lof…

534
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Canto The Fifth

Don Juan: Canto The Fifth

When amatory poets sing their loves
In liquid lines mellifluously bland,
And pair their rhymes as Venus yokes her doves,
…

589
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Don Juan: Canto The Fourteenth

Don Juan: Canto The Fourteenth

If from great nature's or our own abyss
Of thought we could but snatch a certainty,
Perhaps mankind might find the path th…

539