GEORGE, LORD BYRON 1788-1824

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WE’LL GO NO MORE A-ROVING

So, we'll go no more a-roving    

  So late into the night,    

Though the heart be still as loving,    

  And the moon be still as bright.    

For the sword outwears its sheath,             

  And the soul wears out the breast,    

And the heart must pause to breathe,    

  And love itself have rest.    

Though the night was made for loving,    

  And the day returns too soon,      

Yet we'll go no more a-roving    

  By the light of the moon.

Lord Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. A leading figure in the Romantic movement, his best-known works are the narrative poems are Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgimage.

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