Love
To Penelope
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
Love
This day, of all our days, has done
The worst for me and you:--
'T is just six years since we were one,
And five since we were two.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
January 2, 1821. November 5, 1820. First published, Medwin's Conversations, 1824, p. 106.
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MLA
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “To Penelope.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/251/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “To Penelope.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/251/.
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