History & Politics
Lines Addressed by Lord Byron to Mr. Hobhouse on His Election for Westminster
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
History & Politics
Would you go to the house by the true gate,
Much faster than ever Whig Charley went;
Let Parliament send you to Newgate,
And Newgate will send you to Parliament.
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Codex Note
April 9, 1820. First published, Miscellaneous Poems, printed for. J. Bumpus, 1824.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Addressed by Lord Byron to Mr. Hobhouse on His Election for Westminster.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/248/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Addressed by Lord Byron to Mr. Hobhouse on His Election for Westminster.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/248/.
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