Love
Lines to a Lady Weeping
From Poems 1809–1813
Love
Weep, daughter of a royal line,
A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay;
Ah! happy if each tear of thine
Could wash a Father's fault away!
Weep--for thy tears are Virtue's tears--
Auspicious to these suffering Isles;
And be each drop in future years
Repaid thee by thy People's smiles!
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Codex Note
March, 1812. MS. M. First published, Morning Chronicle, March 7, 1812. (Corsair, 1814, Second Edition).
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MLA
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines to a Lady Weeping.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/118/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines to a Lady Weeping.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/118/.
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