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BYRON THE VOLUPTUARY; EPIGRAM by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TOO AVID OF EARTH'S BLISS, HE WAS OF THOSE
Last Line: BACK IN THEIR FACES HUNGERING FOR HER FACE.
Subject(s): BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD (1788-1824); POETRY & POETS; BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON;
TOO avid of earth's bliss, he was of those
Whom Delight flies because they give her chase.
Only the odour of her wild hair blows
Back in their faces hungering for her face.



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