So, we'll go no more a roving the track, "The Wedding Night". The poem is also featured in John Wyndham's post-holocaust book, "The Day of the Triffids", where it occurs when a blinded pianist commits suicide. So, we'll go no more a roving "So, we'll go no more a roving" is a poem, written by (George Gordon) Lord Byron (1788–1824), and included in a letter to Thomas Moore on 28 February 1817. Moore published the poem in 1830 as part of "Letters and Journals of Lord Byron". It evocatively describes the fatigue of age conquering the restlessness of youth. Byron wrote the poem at the age of
Jolly Roving Tar so manly, drest all in his sailor's clothes,<br> His cheeks they were like roses, his eyes as black as sloes,<br> His hair hung down in ringlets, but he is gone afar,<br> And my heart lies in the bosom of my jolly, roving Tar.<br> <br> Come all you jolly sailors, and push the boat ashore,<br> That I may see my father's ships and see they are secure,<br> Provisions we have plenty, and lots of grog in store,<br> So drink good health you sailors, to my jolly, roving Tar."<br> <br> She quickly jumped into the boat and merrily left the land,<br> And