Death & Dying

Lines Written in an Album, at Malta

by Lord Byron 1788–1824

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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Malta, September 14, 1809. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to).

MLA

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Written in an Album, at Malta.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/99/.

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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Written in an Album, at Malta.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/99/.

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