tag:dreamwidth.org,2014-02-20:2166830Ramblings of an Old Kweer"O General; My General."kerkevik_20142016-04-03T23:03:05Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2014-02-20:2166830:59355POEM: So We'll Go No More a Roving by Byron (#1 for National Poetry Month in Canada and the US)2016-04-03T23:03:05Z2016-04-03T23:03:05Zsilencemelancholypublic0<br /><br /> Probably a more familiar one for many, but also, as with me, more familiar as a song than in its original form. <br /><br /> It also suits my mood just now. <br /><br /><br /> <div class="tab-content active" style="font-family: Arial;"><h1 style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 24px; font-family: Georgia; margin: 10px 0px 3px; padding: 0px;">So We'll Go No More a Roving</h1></div><span class="author" style="text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(77, 73, 63); display: inline-block; letter-spacing: 0.05em; font-family: Arial;">BY <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lord-byron" style="color: rgb(4, 61, 110); text-decoration: none; outline: none;">LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON)</a></span><div class="tab-content active" style="font-family: Arial;"><div class="poem" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); margin: 25px 0px 0px;"><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">So, we'll go no more a roving</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"> So late into the night,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Though the heart be still as loving,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"> And the moon be still as bright.</div><br /><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">For the sword outwears its sheath,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"> And the soul wears out the breast,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">And the heart must pause to breathe,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"> And love itself have rest.</div><br /><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Though the night was made for loving,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"> And the day returns too soon,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Yet we'll go no more a roving</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"> By the light of the moon.</div></div></div><br /><br /> <br /> May the Goddess watch over us all, <br /><br /> <img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ed/a0/74/eda074df76bcd5a946ab837de5d07604.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /> Kerk TehKek<br /><br type="_moz" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kerkevik_2014&ditemid=59355" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments