The poem will please if it is lively—if it is stupid it will fail—but I will have none of your damned cutting and slashing.


letter to his publisher John Murray, 6 April 1819

Lord Byron Quotes

The poem will please if it is lively—if it is stupid it will fail—but I will have none of your damned cutting and slashing.

The poem will please if it is lively—if it is stupid it will fail—but I will have none of your damned cutting and slashing.

The poem will please if it is lively—if it is stupid it will fail—but I will have none of your damned cutting and slashing.

The poem will please if it is lively—if it is stupid it will fail—but I will have none of your damned cutting and slashing.