So, we'll go no more a roving 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 twenty-nine. In the letter to Thomas Moore, the poem is preceded by an account of its genesis. "At present, I am on the invalid regimen myself. The Carnival--that is,
Ukon (poet) included in the list of Thirty-six Female Poetry Immortals. Her poems are included in the anthologies "Hyakunin Isshu, Gosen Wakashū", and others. Here is Poem No.38 from "Hyakunin Isshu": The Lady Ukon is supposed to have been deserted by her husband, and in this poem she regrets, not so much her own sorrow, as the fact that he has broken his sworn oath, and is therefore in danger of divine vengeance. Ukon (poet) She belonged to the Fujiwara clan. Her father was Fujiwara no Suenawa, the right lesser captain (Japanese: Ukon no Shosho). She was active as a great poet