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Lord Byron

Lord Byron

On the Birth of John William Rizzo Hoppner

His father’s sense, his mother’s grace,
In him I hope, will always fit so;
With—still to keep him in good case—
The health and appetite of Rizzo.

#English #Romanticism #XIXCentury

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