Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maid of athens, ere we part Last Line: Can I cease to love thee? No! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron | ||||||||
Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, O, give me back my heart! Or, since that has left my breast, Keep it now, and take the rest! Hear my vow before I go, By those tresses unconfined, Wooed by each AEgean wind; By those lids whose jetty fringe Kissd thy soft cheeks' blooming tinge; By those wild eyes like the roe, By that lip I long to taste; By that zone-encircled waist; By all the token-flowers that tell What words can never speak so well; By love's alternate joy and woe, Maid of Athens! I am gone. Think of me, sweet! when alone. Though I fly to Istambol, Athens holds my heart and soul: Can I cease to love thee? No! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 ELEGY ON THYRZA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON EPIGRAM ON MY WEDDING DAY: TO PENELOPE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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