No I'm Not Byron

No, I'm not Byron; I am, yet is a poem written by the Russian poet Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov in 1832.^[1]

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No, I'm not Byron; I am, yet,
Another choice for the sacred dole,
Like him - a persecuted soul,
But only of the Russian set.
I early start and end the whole,
And will not win the future days;
Like in an ocean, in my soul,
A cargo of lost hopes stays.
Who, oh, my ocean severe,
Could read all secrets in your scroll?
Who'll tell the people my idea?
I'm God or no one at all!^[1]

1. ^ "No, I'm not Byron; I am, yet". Poem Hunter. Retrieved 2012-11-20.

References

1. Richard Cardwell, ed. (2005-04-01). The Reception of Byron in Europe. Continuum INternational Publishing Group.