There was no "trying" about it -- he'd already managed it, that's why he had no reserves to find off his septicaemia, which was most likely caused by contact with unsterilised Greek equipment...
I'm going to move this to the miscellaneous forum rather than moderate myself, so any more unsavoury comments are not only welcomed but encouraged... So is critique, by the way.
Geoff, thank you -- this was written after I'd watched the movie with Jonny Lee Miller as Byron (brilliant, by the way), then read as much of his poetry as I could get hold of (also rather brilliant!). Some words stayed with me more than others, as is usually the case I suppose. The couplet here was inspired by "When We Two Parted":
WHEN we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
Sorrow to this.
The impetus, though, was "I Would I Were A Careless Child"
I can't believe you're suggesting that poets are less than the wisest of beings :p
I'm going to move this to the miscellaneous forum rather than moderate myself, so any more unsavoury comments are not only welcomed but encouraged... So is critique, by the way.
Geoff, thank you -- this was written after I'd watched the movie with Jonny Lee Miller as Byron (brilliant, by the way), then read as much of his poetry as I could get hold of (also rather brilliant!). Some words stayed with me more than others, as is usually the case I suppose. The couplet here was inspired by "When We Two Parted":
WHEN we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
Sorrow to this.
The impetus, though, was "I Would I Were A Careless Child"
I can't believe you're suggesting that poets are less than the wisest of beings :p
It could be worse