Lord Byron - The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown) lyrics

The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown![m] WRITTEN AT ATHENS, JANUARY 16, 1810. The spell is broke, the charm is flown! Thus is it with Life's fitful fever: We madly smile when we should groan; Delirium is our best deceiver. Each lucid interval of thought Recalls the woes of Nature's charter; And He that acts as wise men ought, But lives—as Saints have died—a martyr. [MS. M. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to).] Footnotes [m] Written at Athens.—[1812.]