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A small selection of poems from Byron's travels in 1809-1811
'Lines to Mr Hodgson Written on the Lisbon Packet'
'Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos'
'The Curse of Minerva' (you'll note in this poem that he insults Scotland roundly. It is worth noting that he grew up there and often refers to it with nostalgia, romanticising it. The representation here is an anomaly in his work.)
A small selection of poems from Byron's travels in 1809-1811
'Lines to Mr Hodgson Written on the Lisbon Packet'
'Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos'
'The Curse of Minerva' (you'll note in this poem that he insults Scotland roundly. It is worth noting that he grew up there and often refers to it with nostalgia, romanticising it. The representation here is an anomaly in his work.)
