These two lines from Lord Byron’s poem feel as though they could stand on their own in message. The introduction of absence within this text is introduced well with these lines closing the first stanza. I personally enjoy the message of attempting even if there is little chance of success, which is promoted by this quote. While most of the poem consists mainly of the speaker seeing himself as unworthy, the last handful of lines provide motivation for him to live the second half of his life riotously.