Lord Byron

1788-1824 / Male / English
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Ad LesbiamTranslation From Catullus. / Equal to Jove that youth must be— / Greater than Jove he seems to me—
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Adrian’s Address To His Soul When DyingAnimula! vagula, Blandula, / Hospes, comesque corporis, / Quæ nunc abibis in Loca—
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A FragmentWhen, to their airy hall, my Fathers’ voice / Shall call my spirit, joyful in their choice; / When, pois’d upon the gale, my form shall ride,
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And Wilt Thou Weep When I Am Low?And wilt thou weep when I am low? / Sweet lady! speak those words again: / Yet if they grieve thee, say not so—
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An Occasional Prologue, Delivered By The Author Previous To The Performance Of “The Wheel Of Fortune” At A Private TheatreSince the refinement of this polish’d age / Has swept immoral raillery from the stage; / Since taste has now expung’d licentious wit,
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Answer To A Beautiful Poem, Written By Montgomery, Author Of “The Wanderer Of Switzerland,” Etc., Entitled “The Common Lot.”Montgomery! true, the common lot / Of mortals lies in Lethe’s wave; / Yet some shall never be forgot,
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Answer To Some Elegant Verses Sent By A Friend To The Author, Complaining That One Of His Descriptions Was Rather Too Warmly Drawn“But if any old Lady, Knight, Priest, or Physician, / Should condemn me for printing a second edition; / If good Madam Squintum my work should abuse,
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Answer To The Foregoing, Addressed To Miss—Dear simple girl, those flattering arts, / (From which thou’dst guard frail female hearts,) / Exist but in imagination,
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A Spirit Passed Before MeFrom Job / A spirit passed before me: I beheld / The face of immortality unveiled—
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A Woman’s HairOh! little lock of golden hue / In gently waving ringlet curl’d, / By the dear head on which you grew,
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