Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

At sunset, with England fading behind him, Childe Harold sings his farewell—and declares that his greatest grief is leaving nothing that claims a tear. Yet the page and faithful yeoman beside him weep for home.

From an ancient hall in Albion to the open sea, Byron’s restless young nobleman leaves behind a life of revelry and sets out for foreign shores. Pleasure has wearied him; no companion commands his affection, and some buried sorrow flickers beneath his careless manner. As the ship bears him away, the grief of those who love home throws his own emptiness into sharp relief. What will the wide world awaken in a man who believes he has nothing left to lose?

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