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Byron elegy verse finds new readers online

Original: Hush'd are the winds, and still the evening gloom, Not e'en a zephyr wanders through the grove, Whilst I return to view

Lines from Lord Byron's elegiac verse — 'Hush'd are the winds, and still the evening gloom' — are circulating among poetry readers. The stanza, mourning at Margaret's tomb and scattering flowers on beloved dust, showcases the Romantic poet's melancholy style. Literary audiences are sharing and enjoying the excerpt, drawing fresh attention to Byron's lesser-known elegiac poetry alongside his more famous works.

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• Hush'd are the winds, and still the evening gloom, Not e'en a zephyr wanders through the grove, Whilst I return to view my Margaret's tomb, And scatter flowers on the dust I love. — George Gordon, Lord Byron https:// palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/d… · palimpsestebot · 1

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