On The Death Of Mr. Fox

Lord ByronLord Byron22 Jan 1788

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THE FOLLOWING ILLIBERAL IMPROMPTU APPEARED IN THE “MORNING POST.”“Our Nation’s foes lament on Fox’s death,
But bless the hour, when PITT resign’d his breath:
These feelings wide, let Sense and Truth unclue,
We give the palm, where Justice points its due.”
Lord Byron
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Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet, peer and politician who became a revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence, and is considered one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement.

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