by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
I live not in myself, but I become
Language: English
I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture: I can see Nothing to loathe in nature, save to be A link reluctant in a fleshly chain, Class'd among creatures, when the soul can flee, And with the sky--the peak--the heaving plain Of ocean, or the stars, mingle--and not in vain.
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Authorship:
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), no title, appears in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt: and other Poems, in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, in 3. Canto the Third, Canto the Third, no. 72, first published 1815 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Larry Austin , "Maroon bells", published 1979. [tenor or soprano, piano, and tape] [text not verified]
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