Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MR. MURRAY (1), by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To hook the reader, you, john murray Last Line: A sort of end which I should take indeed ill! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Murray, John (1745-1793) | ||||||||
To hook the reader, you, John Murray, Have publish'd Anjou's Margaret, Which won't be sold off in a hurry (At least, it has not been as yet); And then, still further to bewilder 'em, Without remorse you set up Ilderim; So mind you don't get into debt, Because as how, if you should fail, These books would be but baddish bail. And mind you do not let escape These rhymes to Morning Post or Perry, Which would be very treacherous -- very, And get me into such a scrape! For, firstly, I should have to sally, All in my little boat, against a Galley, And, should I chance to slay the Assyrian wight, Have next to combat with the female knight. And prick'd to death expire upon her needle, A sort of end which I should take indeed ill! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MR. MURRAY (2) by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO MR. MURRAY (3) by GEORGE GORDON BYRON EPIGRAM by CLAUDE CARLOMAN DE RULHIERE 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 |
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