So 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.
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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC ADAD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 394
Words 77
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

George Gordon Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet, peer and politician who became a revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence, and is considered one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement. more…

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