Lord Byron
Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and the short lyric "She Walks in Beauty"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 January 1788
three earth remnants
Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylæ!
country destiny interesting
It would be difficult, perhaps, to find the annals of a nation less stained with crimes than those of the Armenians , whose virtues have been those of peace , and their vices those of compulsion. But whatever may have been their destiny and it has been bitter whatever it may be in future, their country must ever be one of the most interesting on the globe.
hay bulls world
The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind are the asses that pull, Each tugs in a different way And the greatest of all is John Bull!
song owl phrases
Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast; Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so.
night men white
My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears.
men may graves
Perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.
men miserable poet
For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable.
wrinkles democrat
And wrinkles, the damned democrats, won't flatter.
kissing past blood
When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past - For years fleet away with the wings of the dove - The dearest remembrance will still be the last, Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love.
devil scripture
History - the devil's scripture
love heart voice
And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music... Speak to me!
sad sea lovers
I've seen your stormy seas and stormy women, And pity lovers rather more than seamen.
death hair dust
I have seen a thousand graves opened, and always perceived that whatever was gone, the teeth and hair remained of those who had died with them. Is not this odd? They go the very first things in youth and yet last the longest in the dust.
home two people
The premises are so delightfully extensive, that two people might live together without ever seeing, hearing or meeting.