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
Poet laureate compose for government events or in praise of government officials. However, after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, the then-Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, was asked to write a poem to be read in front of a special joint session of Congress. Collins wrote "The Names" which he read on September 6, 2002, which is available in streaming audio and video. The original intent of the $35,000 stipend was to provide the Poet Laureate with a full income so that they could devote their time entirely to writing poetry. The amount has not