Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey

I trust that Newstead will, being yours, remain so, and that it may see you as happy, as I am very sure that you will make your dependents. With regard to myself, you may be sure that whether in the fourth, or fifth, or sixth form at Harrow, or in the fluctuations of after life, I shall always remember with regard my old schoolfellow – fellow monitor, and friend, and recognize with respect the gallant soldier, who, with all the advantages of fortune and allurements of youth to a life of pleasure, devoted himself to duties of a nobler order, and will receive his reward in the esteem and admiration of his country.

Ever yours most truly and affectionately,BYRON.

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" – in a higher niche, alone, but crown'd,The Virgin Mother of the God-born childWith her son in her blessed arms, looked round,Spared by some chance, when all beside was spoil'd:She made the earth below seem holy ground."– DON JUAN, Canto III.

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DON JUAN, Canto III