Good plays are scarce:
So Moore writes farce.
The poet's fame grows brittle--
We knew before
That Little's Moore,
But now 'tis Moore that's little.
September 14, 1811.
More verses by George Gordon Byron
- On The Day Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem By Titus
- Stanzas To A Lady, With The Poems Of Camoëns
- To Romance
- The Irish Avatar
- The Lament Of Tasso