Poem A Day

Lines to a Lady Weeping

by George Gordon, Lord Byron

Weep, daughter of a royal line,

A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay;

Ah! happy if each tear of thine

Could wash a Father's fault away!

Weep--for thy tears are Virtue's tears--

Auspicious to these suffering Isles;

And be each drop in future years

Repaid thee by thy People's smiles!

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