Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FRAGMENT, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON


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First Line: When, to their airy hall, my father's voice
Last Line: By that remember'd, or with that forgot.
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron


WHEN, to their airy hall, my fathers' voice
Shall call my spirit, joyful in their choice;
When, poised upon the gale, my form shall ride,
Or, dark in mist, descend the mountain's side;
Oh! may my shade behold no sculptured urns
To mark the spot where earth to earth returns!
No lengthen'd scroll, no praise-encumber'd stone;
My epitaph shall be my name alone;
If that with honour fail to crown my clay,
Oh may no other fame my deeds repay!
That, only that, shall single out the spot;
By that remember'd, or with that forgot.





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