Poltava -Lord Byron -'Mezappa'
Poetry relating to the Battle of Poltava 1709 C harles XII of Sweden and Ivan Mazepa after The Battle of Poltav- Gustav Cederstrom Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons This is the first post about poetry connected to the Battle of Poltava 1709, starting with Byron’s 1819 poem ‘Mazeppa’ (sic) , named after the Ukrainian Cossack leader Ivan Mazepa ( 1639- 1709 ). “Twas after dread Poltova’s day When fortune left the Royal Swede, Around a slaughter’d army lay No more to combat and to bleed ...