Fare Thee Well (poem)

Fare Thee Well (poem)

Fare Thee Well is an 1816 poem by George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.

Background

Lord Byron married and fathered a child with Annabella Milbanke in 1815, but they separated in 1816. In March of that year, Byron composed "Fare Thee Well" and enclosed a note that said, "Dearest Bell --- I send you the first verses that ever I attempted to write upon you, and perhaps the last that I may ever write at all."

In April he signed a Deed of Separation and added the following notation . . .

:A year ago, you swore, fond she !:"To love, to honour," and so forth::Such was the vow you pledged to me,:And here's exactly what 'tis worth.

Byron left England and never saw his wife or daughter again.

References

* [http://englishhistory.net/byron/poems/fare.html Fare Thee Well (full text)]
* [http://readytogoebooks.com/LB-FTW-P46.htm Fare Thee Well background]


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