Tag Archive | Lord Byron
Why is Lord Elgin an abomination to the Greeks?
Originally posted on Effrosyni's blog:
To the Greeks, the name Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, is an abomination, the likes perhaps, of only Lucifer himself. Lord Elgin, as he is more famously known, is notorious in my country for his enormous blundering appetite that was coupled by an equally enormous lack of regard…
Panorama
Originally posted on SPEAKZEASY:
I have selected a few of my favourite poems. I do hope you enjoy them as much as I did : BELIEVE ME BELIEVE ME, if all those endearing charms Which I gaze on so fondly to-day Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 