English poem
A Volume of Nonsense
by Lord Byron
DEAR MURRAY,-- You ask for a "Volume of Nonsense," Have all of your authors exhausted their store? I thought you had published a good deal not long since. And doubtless the Squadron are ready with more. But on looking again, I perceive that the Species Of "Nonsense" you want must be purely "facetious;" And, as that is the case, you had best put to press Mr. Sotheby's tragedies now in M.S., Some Syrian Sally From common-place Gally, Or, if you prefer the bookmaking of women, Take a spick and span "Sketch" of your feminine He-Man.
More by Lord Byron
- A Sketch
- A Spirit Passed Before Me. From Job
- A Version of Ossian's Address to the Sun. From the Poem "Carthon."
- A Very Mournful Ballad on the Siege and Conquest of Alhama
- A Woman's Hair
- Address Intended to Be Recited at the Caledonian Meeting
- Address, Spoken at the Opening of Drury-Lane Theatre, Saturday, October 10, 1812
- Adrian's Address to His Soul When Dying