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No More a Roving



So we'll go no more a roving
So late into the night;
Though the heart be still as loving
And the moon be still as bright.

For the sword outwears its sheath
And the soul outwears the breast
And the heart must pause to breathe
And love itself to rest

Though the night was made for loving
and the day returns to soon
Yet we'll no more go a roving
By the light of the moon





Lord Byron 1788-1824