Lord Byron - My Soul is Dark | Famous poems read aloud

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Another famous English poem recitation. Among the classic poems read aloud on this channel, you will find some of the best Lord Byron poems audio, including "Solitude", "Prometheus", "She Walks in Beauty" and "So We'll Go No More A-roving".

Lord Byron's "My Soul is Dark" is a poem about depression, sadness and pain and the power of music to heal and evoke emotion.

Poetry reading without music, as usual.

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"My Soul is Dark" by George Gordon Byron

My soul is dark --- Oh! quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear;
And let thy gentle fingers fling
Its melting murmurs o'er mine ear.
If in this heart a hope be dear,
That sound shall charm it forth again:
If in these eyes there lurk a tear,
'Twill flow, and cease to burn my brain.

But bid the strain be wild and deep,
Nor let thy notes of joy be first:
I tell thee, minstrel, I must weep,
Or else this heavy heart will burst;
For it hath been by sorrow nursed,
And ached in sleepless silence long;
And now 'tis doomed to know the worst,
And break at once---or yield to song.