Lord Byron on Writing
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โI've half a mind to tumble down to prose, But verse is more in fashionโso here goes!โ
โOh that I had the art of easy writing What should be easy reading! could I scale Parnassus, where the Muses sit inditing Those pretty poems never known to fail, How quickly would I print (the world delighting) A Grecian, Syrian, or Assyrian tale; And sell you, mix'd with western sentimentalism, Some sample of the finest Orientalism.โ