Death & Dying
Lines Written in an Album, at Malta
From Poems 1809–1813
Death & Dying
As o'er the cold sepulchral stone
Some name arrests the passer-by;
Thus, when thou view'st this page alone,
May mine attract thy pensive eye!
And when by thee that name is read,
Perchance in some succeeding year,
Reflect on me as on the dead,
And think my Heart is buried here.
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Codex Note
Malta, September 14, 1809. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to).
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MLA
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Written in an Album, at Malta.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/99/.
Chicago
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Written in an Album, at Malta.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/99/.
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