Loss of passion

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I am ashes where once I was fire.

Lord Byron

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Topic

Aging Burnout Loss of passion Passion

Author

Lord Byron

Source

To the Countess of Blessington

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1824 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Letters and Journals. London: J. Johnson, c. 1830.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Byron: Poems. Everyman's Library, 1994.

The foot less prompt to meet the morning dew,
The heart less bounding at emotion new,
And hope, once crush'd, less quick to spring again.

Matthew Arnold

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Topic

Loss of passion Aging

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Thyrsis

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Thyrsis." Macmillan's Magazine, 1866.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Thyrsis (1866)." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012.