The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero)/Poetry/Volume 7/To Penelope

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1405315The Works of Lord Byron — To PenelopeGeorge Gordon Byron

TO PENELOPE.[1]

January 2, 1821.

This day, of all our days, has done
The worst for me and you:—
'T is just six years since we were one,
And five since we were two.

November 5, 1820.
[First published, Medwin's Conversations, 1824, p. 106.]


  1. ["For the anniversary of January 2, 1821, I have a small grateful anticipation, which, in case of accident, I add."—Letter to Moore, November 5, 1820, Letters, 1891, v. 112.]