So, we'll go no more a roving the latter part of it, and sitting up late o' nights--had knocked me up a little. But it is over--and it is now Lent, with all its abstinence and sacred music... Though I did not dissipate much upon the whole, yet I find 'the sword wearing out the scabbard,' though I have but just turned the corner of twenty nine." The poem seems to have been suggested in part by the refrain of a Scottish song known as "The Jolly Beggar." The Jolly Beggar was published in Herd's "Scots Songs" in 1776, 41 years before Byron's letter, and goes partially
And No More Shall We Part Pam and Don’s halting, humorous and devastating attempt at the impossible – to begin to say goodbye to each other after a lifetime together. "And No More Shall We Part" was first produced by A Bit Of Argy Bargy and Full Tilt for the Melbourne Fringe Festival at BlackBox Theatre, The Arts Centre, Melbourne, on 30 September 2009, with the following cast: PAM: Margaret Mills DON: Dennis Moore Director: Martin White Designer: Katie Skillington Lighting Designers: Adam Hardy and Kimberly Anne Kwa Production Manager: Erica McCalman And No More Shall We Part And No More Shall We Part is a