Headpiece to Don Juan (”I would to Heaven”)
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Headpiece to Don Juan ("I would to Heaven") by Lord Byron
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Here Byron attempts a little marginalia of his own, published as the headpiece to the 1832 edition of his epic Don Juan.
Don Juan is Byron’s take on the legend of Don Juan (pronounced in Byron’s work to rhyme with “true one”), an infamous womanizer from medieval European folklore. Mozart and Lorenz...
Headpiece to Don Juan (”I would to Heaven”) Annotated
I would to heaven that I were so much clay,
As I am blood, bone, marrow, passion, feeling -
Because at least the past were passed away -
And for the future - (but I write this reeling,
Having got drunk exceedingly today,
So that I seem to stand upon the ceiling)
I say - the future is a serious matter -
And so - for God's sake - hock and soda water!
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When did Lord Byron release Headpiece to Don Juan (”I would to Heaven”)?
Lord Byron released Headpiece to Don Juan (”I would to Heaven”) on Sun Jan 01 1832.