This beautiful lyric by "Manfred" Harington serves to remind us that though Byron is chiefly remembered for his satirical poetry, he wrote much - in particular earlier in his life - that was of a more elevated nature. Indeed, one might preface Manfred's poem by the stanza
"The better days of life were ours;
The worst can be but mine:
The sun that cheers, the storm that lowers,
Shall never more be thine.
The silence of that dreamless sleep
I envy now too much to weep;
Nor need I to repine,
That all those charms have passed away;
I might have watch'd through long decay."
Which is from "And art thou dead, as young and fair?" (CH)