| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | April 19 | | Byron | | By Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941) |
| | (Died April 19, 1824)
O FAME, thy laurels graced a blighted pall! | |
| ’Twas Death’s and Fortune’s pact with envious Time. | |
| The vine-wreathed Titan, clothed with power sublime, | |
| Almost accomplished Heaven; defying all, | |
| He braved the levin and the thunder-brawl | 5 |
| Scaling the cliffs of Song; his rebel prime | |
| Pelion on Ossa planted; then with rhyme | |
| Transcendent on his lips reeled down the wall. | |
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| He fell, hard-fighting; dire the clash and clang | |
| Earth heard through all her limits—then sleek jays | 10 |
| Piped chattering funeral, and the charnel kites | |
| Fed on the warm, proud heart; but wide outrang, | |
| Sweet Poesy, thy plaint along the ways, | |
| Nor, Time, shalt thou withhold him tribute rites! | | | | |
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