| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron. 1788–1824 |
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| 599. We'll go no more a-roving |
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| SO, we'll go no more a-roving | |
| So late into the night, | |
| Though the heart be still as loving, | |
| And the moon be still as bright. | |
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| For the sword outwears its sheath, | 5 |
| And the soul wears out the breast, | |
| And the heart must pause to breathe, | |
| And love itself have rest. | |
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| Though the night was made for loving, | |
| And the day returns too soon, | 10 |
| Yet we'll go no more a-roving | |
| By the light of the moon. | |
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