Adieu, Adieu! My Native Shore
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Byron's Farewell from England
Composed as part of the Hebrew Melodies, this short lyric stages a sea departure and personal farewell. Byron evokes the fading shore, the sun's flight, and a deserted home to express the emotions of leaving England. The poem reflects the poet’s own experience of exile and travel, contrasting open sea and distant sunrise with domestic desolation—abandoned hall, howling dog—to underline absence and separation.
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