James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
December 18To Samuel Rogers, Esq.
By Lord Byron (17881824)(Died December 18, 1855)
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My friend, what magic spells belong!
As all can tell, who share, like me,
In turn thy converse, and thy song.
By Friendship ever deem’d too nigh,
And “Memory” o’er her Druid’s tomb
Shall weep that aught of thee can die,
Thy homage offer’d at her shrine,
And blend, while ages roll away,
Her name immortally with thine!