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Now my sere fancy 'falls into the yellow
Leaf,' and imagination droops her pinion,
And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
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Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine.
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…That all-softening, overpowering knell,
The tocsin of the soul—the dinner bell.
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The heart ran o'er
With silent worship of the great of old!
The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule
Our spirits from their urns.
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Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto,
Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.
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This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.
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Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil, Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.
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When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past—
For years fleet away with the wings of the dove—
The dearest remembrance will still be the last,
Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love.
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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
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He is all-powerful, must all-good, too, follow?
I judge but by the fruits—and they are bitter—
Which I must feed on for a fault not mine.
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Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast
The fatal gift of beauty.
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The very knowledge that he lived in vain,
That all was over on this side the tomb,
Had made Despair a smilingness assume.
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Oh! might I kiss those eyes of fire, A million scarce would quench desire; Still would I steep my lips in bliss, And dwell an age on every kiss; Nor then my soul should sated be, Still would I kiss and cling to thee: Nought should my kiss from thine dissever, Still would we kiss and kiss for ever; E'en though the numbers did exceed The yellow harvest's countless seed; To part would be a vain endeavour: Could I desist? -ah! never-never.
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'Tis done—but yesterday a King!
And armed with Kings to strive—
And now thou art a nameless thing:
So abject—yet alive!
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He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.
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Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.
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Cold is the heart, fair Greece! that looks on thee,
Nor feels as lovers o'er the dust they loved;
Dull is the eye that will not weep to see
Thy walls defaced, thy mouldering shrines removed
By British hands.
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The spirit burning but unbent,
May writhe, rebel—the weak alone repent!
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While Franklin's quiet memory climbs to heaven,
Calming the lightning which he thence hath riven,
Or drawing from the no less kindled earth
Freedom and peace to that which boasts his birth;
While Washington's a watchword, such as ne'er
Shall sink while there's an echo left to air.
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None are so desolate but something dear,
Dearer than self, possesses or possessed
A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.
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Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease! He makes a solitude, and calls it—peace!
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I've seen your stormy seas and stormy women, And pity lovers rather more than seamen.
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The cold in clime are cold in blood,
Their love can scarce deserve the name.
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Oh, God! it is a fearful thing
To see the human soul take wing
In any shape, in any mood.
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The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,
Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!
Eternal summer gilds them yet,
But all, except their sun, is set!
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Born:
January 22, 1788
Died:
April 19, 1824
(aged 36)
Bio:
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement.
Known for:
Don Juan
She Walks in Beauty
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Manfred
The Corsair
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