Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Name: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Author: George Gordon Byron Byron

by George Gordon Byron Byron (1788–1824)

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"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" by Lord Byron is a long narrative poem published between 1812 and 1818. It follows a young man disillusioned with a life of pleasure as he travels through Europe seeking distraction in foreign lands. From Spain and Portugal to Greece, the battlefield of Waterloo, and Italy, Harold encounters natural beauty and historic sites while falling into melancholic reverie. The poem became wildly popular, establishing the archetype of the wandering Byronic hero and powerfully influencing European Romanticism across literature, music, and painting.

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English poetry
Voyages and travels
Pilgrims and pilgrimages · Europe

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Chapter I

Oh, thou, in Hellas deemed of heavenly birth,
Muse, formed or fabled at the minstrel's will!
Since shamed full oft by later lyres on earth,
Mine dares not call thee from thy sacred hill:
Yet there I've wandered by thy vaunted rill;
Yes! sighed o'er Delphi's long-deserted shrine
Where, save that feeble fountain, all is still;
Nor mote my shell awake the weary Nine
To grace so plain a tale—this lowly lay of mine.

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This free edition of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by George Gordon Byron Byron comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5131, released 2004-02-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Poetry, Classics of Literature, British Literature.

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