Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis time this heart should be unmoved Last Line: And take thy rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Variant Title(s): Byron's Farewell;on Completing My Thirty-sixth Year;hail And Farewell;byron's Latest Verses Subject(s): Adversity; Missolonghi, Greece; War; Mesolonghi, Greece; Mesolongion, Greece | ||||||||
'Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move: Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love! . My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! . The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze -- A funeral pile. . The hope, the fear, the jealous care, The exalted portion of the pain And power of love, I cannot share, But wear the chain. . But 'tis not thus -- and 'tis not here -- Such thoughts should shake my soul, nor now Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow. . The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece, about us see; The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. . Awake! (not Greece -- she is awake!) Awake, my spirit! Think through whom Thy life-blood tastes its parent lake, And then strike home! . Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. . If thou regrett'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: -- up to the field, and give Away thy breath! . Seek out -- less often sought than found -- A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAST DAYS OF BYRON by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A FRAGMENT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE ME by GEORGE GORDON BYRON AN ODE TO THE FRAMERS OF THE FRAME BILL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON BEPPO: A VENETIAN STORY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WE SAT DOWN AND WEPT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON CHURCHILL'S GRAVE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DARKNESS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DON JUAN: CANTO 1 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DON JUAN: DEDICATION [OR, INVOCATION] by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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