{"id":1220,"date":"2015-04-20T04:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T04:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishhistory.net\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2015-04-20T04:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T04:45:16","slug":"so-well-go-no-more-a-roving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/byron\/poems\/so-well-go-no-more-a-roving\/","title":{"rendered":"So We\u2019ll Go No More A-Roving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This poem, written on 28 February 1817, was included in a letter to Byron\u2019s friend, Thomas Moore. A quick perusal suggests it\u2019s about the transience of life. But it\u2019s actually about Byron\u2019s terrible hangover during Mardi Gras in Venice. The truth of its composition adds a bit of humor to a brief, melancholy gem.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, we&#8217;ll go no more a-roving<\/p>\n<p>So late into the night,<\/p>\n<p>Though the heart be still as loving,<\/p>\n<p>And the moon be still as bright.<\/p>\n<p>For the sword outwears its sheath,<\/p>\n<p>And the soul wears out the breast,<\/p>\n<p>And the heart must pause to breathe,<\/p>\n<p>And love itself have rest.<\/p>\n<p>Though the night was made for loving,<\/p>\n<p>And the day returns too soon,<\/p>\n<p>Yet we&#8217;ll go no more a-roving<\/p>\n<p>By the light of the moon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This poem, written on 28 February 1817, was included in a letter to Byron\u2019s friend, Thomas Moore. A quick perusal suggests it\u2019s about the transience of life. But it\u2019s actually about Byron\u2019s terrible hangover during Mardi Gras in Venice. The truth of its composition adds a bit of humor to a brief, melancholy gem. \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}