History & Politics
Epitaph
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
History & Politics
Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler grave than this;
Here lie the bones of Castlereagh:
Stop traveller, * *
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Codex Note
January 2, 1820. First published, Lord Byron's Works, 1833, xvii. 246.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/245/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/245/.
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