A Poet's Pessimism.

AuthorByron, George Gordon, Lord
PositionPoem

A Poet's Pessimism The city won for Allah from the Giaour, The Giaour from Ottoman's race again may wrest; And the Serai's impenetrable tower Receive the fiery Frank, her former guest; Or Wahab's rebel brood who dared divest The prophet's tomb of all its pious spoil, May wind their path of...

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