George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
To Thomas Moore http://readytogoebooks.com/LB-TomMoore.htm, st. 1 (1817).
“And the heavy night hung dark,
The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.”
Stanza 2. <br class="br"> The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers http://www.poetry-archive.com/h/landing_of_the_pilgrim_fathers.html (1826)
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