Translation

Ah! gentle, fleeting, wav'ring Sprite,
Friend and associate of this clay!
To what unknown region borne,
Wilt thou, now, wing thy distant flight?
No more with wonted humour gay,
But pallid, cheerless, and forlorn.

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Leading figure of the Romantic movement, celebrated for Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

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