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With these feelings, he joined the expedition to Greece. His vessel was conducted out of the harbor by convoys sent from the American fleet as a tribute to the poet. He died at Missolonghi, April 19, 1824. He was brought to England and buried in the old church at Hucknall-Torkard.

"May all the devastating force be spent,

Or all thy godlike energies lie shent?

Nay, thou art founded in the Strength Divine;

The Soul's immense eternity is thine."

-HON. RODEN NOEL.

The admiration which Goethe had for Byron is revealed in the fact that Euphorion, the Spirit of Poetry in Faust, Part II., Act iii., is the representative of Byron. Goethe says: "I had intended, formerly, an entirely different conclusion to the Helena. . . . Then time brought me Byron and Missolonghi, and I let all else go." The Dirge is a lament on the death of Byron, and reveals the deep impression which the news of his death created in Europe. The first stanza is as follows:

"Not alone! where'er thou bidest;

For we know thee what thou art.
Ah! if from the day thou hidest,
Still to thee will cling each heart.
Scarce we venture to lament thee,

Singing, envious of thy fate;
For in storm and sun were lent thee

Song and courage, fair and great."

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INDEX

Achelous, 216.
Acheron, 215.
Acherusia, 214.
Acroceraunian, 258.
Actium, 213.
Ada, 223, 238.
Adriatic, 247.
Aegis, 208.

Albano, 271.

Albania's Chief, 214.
Albion, 193, 250.
Albuera, 199, 259.

Albyn, 228.

Ambracia, 213.

Anchises, 256.

Angelo, 256.

arch, 206.

Arno, 257.

Ardennes, 228.

Arqua, 253.

Athena, 219.

Athens, Maid of, 208.

Athens, 256.

bolts, 198.

Bridge of Sighs, 244.
Britons, 208.
Brunswick, 228.

Caesar, 213, 257.
Caledonia, 207.
Calpe, 209, 271.
Calypso, 211.
Cambron, 228.
Cannae, 231.

Canova, 257.
Cap, 215.
Castri, 183.
Chieftain, 228.

Childe, 184.

Chimariot, 217.

Christ, 193.

Cintra, 193.
Clarens, 237.
Clitumnus, 258.

Coliseum, 263.
Columbia, 203.

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