Evidence: | Byron to John Murray, 26 May 1822, giving directions for burial of his daughter Allegra at Harrow Church: 'Near the door -- on the left as you enter -- there is a monument with a tablet containing these words:
"When Sorrow weeps o'er Virtue's sacred dust,
Our tears become us, and our Grief is just,
Such were the tears she shed, who grateful pays
This last sad tribute to her love, and praise."
I recollect them (after seventeen years) not from any thing remarkable in them -- but because -- from my seat in the Gallery -- I had generally my eyes turned towards that monument -- as near it as convenient I would wish Allegra to be buried ...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1805 and 31 Dec 1805 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Harrow Church | ||||||||||
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Reader: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1788 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | child; later poet |
Religion: | Agnostic |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: epitaph |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 2669 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron | |
Editor: | Leslie A. Marchand | |
Title: | Byron's Letters and Journals | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
Vol: | 9 | |
Page: | 163 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1979), 9, p. 163, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2669, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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