So, We'll Go No More A-Roving
To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of his poem So, We'll Go No More A-Roving.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 28th, 2024.
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George Gordon, Lord Byron died on April 19th 1824 at Missalongi in Greece, aged just 36. In his lifetime he was renowned for both his poetry and his hedonistic lifestyle and was called "the second most famous man in Europe after Napoleon". His creation of the Byronic Hero influenced European literature through the 19th century and his work inspired music by Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Strauss.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English