Poetry & Verse
Don Juan
By George Gordon, Lord ByronSource: George Gordon, Lord Byron - PoetryDB (Public Domain)120901 words
FRAGMENT ON THE BACK OF THE MS. OF CANTO I. I WOULD to Heaven that I were so much clay, As I am blood, bone,...
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FRAGMENT ON THE BACK OF THE MS. OF CANTO I. I WOULD to Heaven that I were so much clay, As I am blood, bone, marrow, passion, feeling-- Because at least the past were passed away, And for the future--(but I write this reeling, Having got drunk exceedingly to-day, So that I seem to stand upon the ceiling) I say--the future is a serious matter-- And so--for God's sake--hock and soda-water!…
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