<P> "Fare Thee Well" is an 1816 poem by George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, known as Lord Byron . </P> <P> Lord Byron married and fathered a child with Annabella Milbanke in 1815, but they separated in 1816 . In March of that year, Byron composed "Fare Thee Well" and enclosed a note that said, "Dearest Bell--- I send you the first verses that ever I attempted to write upon you, and perhaps the last that I may ever write at all ." </P> <P> In April he signed a Deed of Separation and added the following notation...</P> <Dl> <Dd> A year ago, you swore, fond she! </Dd> <Dd> "To love, to honour," and so forth: </Dd> <Dd> Such was the vow you pledged to me, </Dd> <Dd> And here's exactly what' tis worth . </Dd> </Dl>

Fare thee well and if forever still forever fare thee well