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
William Knox (Scottish poet) William Knox (Scottish poet) William Knox (17 August 1789–12 November 1825) was a Scottish poet. He is known for writing Abraham Lincoln's favourite poem, "Mortality", which Lincoln often recited by memory. The eldest son of a Thomas Knox, a farmer, and Barbara Turnbull in Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, he was educated first in Lilliesleaf then in Musselburgh Grammar School. They lived in a farm (Todrig) which his mother had inherited when her first husband, also a farmer, died. He farmed unsuccessfully from 1812-1817 then turned to writing, supported by both Christopher North and Sir Walter Scott. He wrote several books of poetry,