History & Politics

On the Arrival in England of Lord Byron's Remains

by Charles Lamb 1775–1834

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, IV: Poems and Plays, ed. E. V. Lucas

History & Politics

Manners, they say, by climate alter not:
Who goes a drunkard will return a sot.
So lordly Juan, damn'd to lasting fame,
Went out a pickle, and came back the same.

MLA

Lamb, Charles. “On the Arrival in England of Lord Byron's Remains.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/150/.

Chicago

Lamb, Charles. “On the Arrival in England of Lord Byron's Remains.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/150/.

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