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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Poetry of Lord Byron, Volume I: Fugitive Pieces Author: George Gordon Byron Narrator: Robert Bethune Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 03-01-10 Publisher: Freshwater Seas Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: George Gordon, later Lord Byron, published Fugitive Pieces in 1806 when he was only 18 years old. It was printed, but Byron's friends, particularly Reverend Thomas Beecher, advised him that it contained poems that were scandalously amorous, particularly the poem "To Mary". Byron suppressed it by having all the copies destroyed - or so he thought. As it happened, Thomas Beecher himself kept his copy, and there were three other copies that were not destroyed. Reverend Beecher's opinion was certainly correct, though his advice was inexcusable. The amorous poetry in this volume, particularly "To Mary", is some of th