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Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Siege and Conquest of Alhama

The Siege and Conquest of Alhama

The Moorish King rides up and down,
Through Granada's royal town;
From Elvira's gate to those
Of Bivaram…

477
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown!

The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown!

The spell is broke; the charm is flown!
Thus is it with life's fitful fever:
We madly smile when we shoul…

371
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Prayer Of Nature

The Prayer Of Nature

Father of Light! great God of Heaven!
Hear'st thou the accents of despair?
Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven?
Ca…

569
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Isles of Greece

The Isles of Greece

The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,

508
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Island: Canto III.

The Island: Canto III.

I.
The fight was o'er; the flashing through the gloom,
Which robes the cannon as he wings a tomb,
Had ceased; and …

531
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Island: Canto I.

The Island: Canto I.

I.
The morning watch was come; the vessel lay
Her course, and gently made her liquid way;
The cloven billow flashed …

543
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Giaour

The Giaour

A Fragment of a Turkish Tale

The tale which these disjointed fragments present, is founded upon circumstances now
less common …

678
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Harp The Monarch Minstrel Swept

The Harp The Monarch Minstrel Swept

The harp the monarch minstrel swept,
The King of men, the loved of Heaven,
Which Music hallow'd while she wep…

459
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Dream

The Dream

I

Our life is twofold; Sleep hath its own world,
A boundary between the things misnamed
Death and existence: Sleep hath…

689
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Eve Of Waterloo

The Eve Of Waterloo

There was a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium's capital had gathered then
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright

449
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Destruction of Sennacherib

The Destruction of Sennacherib

The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;
And the sheen …

649
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Corsair

The Corsair

'O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our soul's as free
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows…

680
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Conquest

The Conquest

The Son of Love and Lord of War I sing;
Him who bade England bow to Normandy
And left the name of conqueror more than king
T…

458
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Chain I Gave: From The Turkish

The Chain I Gave: From The Turkish

The chain I gave was fair to view,
The lute I added sweet in sound;
The heart that offer'd both was true,

384
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

The Adieu

The Adieu

Written Under The Impression That The Author Would Soon Die.

Adieu, thou Hill! where early joy
Spread roses o'er my brow;

496
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Substitute For An Epitaph

Substitute For An Epitaph

Kind Reader! take your choice to cry or laugh;
Here HAROLD lies, but where's his Epitaph?
If such you seek, try Westmin…

440
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Stanzas Written On The Road Between Florence And Pisa

Stanzas Written On The Road Between Florence And Pisa

Oh, talk not to me of a name great in story;
The days of our youth are the days of our glory;

447
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Stanzas To The Po

Stanzas To The Po

River, that rollest by the ancient walls,
Where dwells the Lady of my love, when she
Walks by thy brink, and there perchance re…

586
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Stanzas To Augusta (II.)

Stanzas To Augusta (II.)

I.
Though the day of my destiny's over,
And the star of my fate hath declined,
Thy soft heart refused to discove…

686
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Stanzas To A Lady, With The Poems Of Camoëns

Stanzas To A Lady, With The Poems Of Camoëns

This votive pledge of fond esteem,
Perhaps, dear girl! for me thou'lt prize;
It sings of Love's ench…

413
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Stanzas To A Hindoo Air

Stanzas To A Hindoo Air

Oh! my lonelylonelylonelyPillow!
Where is my lover? where is my lover?
Is it his bark which my dreary dreams discover?

473
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Stanzas For Music: There's Not A Joy The World Can Give

Stanzas For Music: There's Not A Joy The World Can Give

There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away
When the glow of early thought decli…

388
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Stanzas Composed During A Thunderstorm

Stanzas Composed During A Thunderstorm

Chill and mirk is the nightly blast,
Where Pindus' mountains rise,

And angry clouds are pouring fa…

523
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Sonnet, To The Same (Genevra)

Sonnet, To The Same (Genevra)

Thy cheek is pale with thought, but not from woe,
And yet so lovely, that if Mirth could flush
Its rose of whitenes…

502