Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DIVES; A FRAGMENT, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Unhappy dives! In an evil hour Last Line: In scorn and solitude unsought, the worst of woes. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Beckford, William (1760-1844); Writing & Writers | ||||||||
UNHAPPY Dives! in an evil hour 'Gainst Nature's voice seduced to deeds accurst! Once Fortune's minion now thou feel'st her power; Wrath's vial on thy lofty head hath burst. In Wit, in Genius, as in Wealth the first, How wondrous bright thy blooming morn arose But thou wert smitten with th' unhallow'd thirst Of Crime unnamed, and thy sad noon must close In scorn and solitude unsought, the worst of woes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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