Lord George Gordon Byron Poems on Youth (23 Poems)
The Island: Canto II. (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
I.How pleasant were the songs of Toobonai,When Summer’s Sun went down the coral bay!Come, let us to the islet’s softest shade,And hear the warbling birds I the damsels said:The wood-dove from the forest depth shall coo,Like voices of the Gods … Continue reading
Parisina (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale’s high note is heard;It is the hour when lovers’ vows Seem sweet in every whisper’d word:And gentle winds, and waters near,Make music to the lonely ear.Each flower the dews have lightly wet,And … Continue reading
The Island: Canto IV. (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
I.White as a white sail on a dusky sea,When half the horizon ‘s clouded and half free,Fluttering between the dun wave and the sky,Is Hope’s last gleam in Man’s extremity.Her anchor parts; but still her snowy sailAttracts our eye amidst … Continue reading
The Island: Canto I. (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
I.The morning watch was come; the vessel layHer course, and gently made her liquid way;The cloven billow flashed from off her prowIn furrows formed by that majestic plough;The waters with their world were all before;Behind, the South Sea’s many an … Continue reading
Elegy On Newstead Abbey (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
‘It is the voice of years that are gone!they roll before me with all their deeds.’~OSSIAN Newstead! fast-falling, once-resplendent dome! Religion’s shrine! repentant HENRY’s pride!Of warriors, monks, and dames the cloister’d tomb, Whose pensive shades around thy ruins glide,Hail to thy pile! … Continue reading
Thoughts Suggested By A College Examination (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
High in the midst, surrounded by his peers,MAGNUS his ample front sublime up rears:Placed on his chair of state, he seems a god.While Sophs and Freshmen tremble at his nod.As all around sit wrapt in speechless gloom,His voice in thunder … Continue reading
To A Youthful Friend (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
Few years have pass’d since thou and I Were firmest friends, at least in name,And childhood’s gay sincerity Preserved our feelings long the same. But now, like me, too well thou know’st What trifles oft the heart recall;And those who once have loved … Continue reading
To Romance (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious Queen of childish joys,Who lead’st along, in airy dance, Thy votive train of girls and boys;At length, in spells no longer bound, I break the fetters of my youth;No more I tread thy mystic round, But leave thy … Continue reading
The Prayer Of Nature (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear’st thou the accents of despair?Can guilt like man’s be e’er forgiven? Can vice atone for crimes by prayer? Father of Light, on thee I call! Thou seest my soul is dark within;Thou who canst’mark the … Continue reading
The Tear (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
‘O lachrymarum fons, tenero sacrosDucentium ortus ex animo; quaterFelix! in imo qui scatentemPectore te, pia Nympha, sensit.’~GRAY When Friendship or Love our sympathies move, When Truth, in a glance, should appear,The lips may beguile with a dimple or smile, But the test … Continue reading
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