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LINES [WRITTEN] IN THE TRAVELLER'S BOOK AT ORCHOMENUS, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: The modest bard, like many a bard unknown
Last Line: His name would bring more credit than his verse.
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Variant Title(s): Written In The Travellers Book Of The Macri Family At Athens
Subject(s): Athens, Greece; Poetry & Poets


(INSERTED BY LORD BYRON BENEATH THE ANONYMOUS INSCRIPTION)

THE modest bard, like many a bard unknown,
Rhymes on our names, but wisely hides his own;
But yet, whoe'er he be, to say no worse,
His name would bring more credit than his verse.








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