"When We Two Parted" is a poem written by Lord Byron, one of the most famous Romantic poets of the 19th century. The poem is a lament for a lost love and expresses the speaker's pain and regret over the end of a romantic relationship. The poem begins with the speaker recalling a past love affair and the feelings of joy and passion they once shared. However, the relationship has since ended, and the speaker is left with a sense of emptiness and heartache. The poem is filled with powerful imagery that captures the depth of the speaker's pain, as he describes his loneliness and despair in the wake of the breakup.