Welcome to my poetry reading of 'To D——' by Lord Byron (1803). Do you have a favourite Byron poem?
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'To D——' by Lord Byron
In thee, I fondly hop'd to clasp
A friend, whom death alone could sever;
Till envy, with malignant graspa,
Detach'd thee from my breast for ever.
True, she has forc'd thee from my breast,
Yet, in my heart, thou keep'st thy seatb;
There, there, thine image still must rest,
Until that heart shall cease to beat.
And, when the grave restores her dead,
When life again to dust is given,
On thy dear breast I'll lay my head--
Without thee! where would be my Heaven?
(Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8861/8861-h/8861-h.htm#section9)