Death & Dying
My Epitaph
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
Death & Dying
Youth, Nature, and relenting Jove,
To keep my lamp in strongly strove;
But Romanelli was so stout,
He beat all three--and blew it out.
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Codex Note
October, 1810. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 240.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “My Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/211/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “My Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/211/.
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