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
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I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient frien
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So much alarmed that she is quite alarming, All Giggle, Blush, half Pertness, and half Pout.
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Science is but the exchange of ignorance for that which is another kind of ignorance.
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Romances paint at full length people's wooings, but only give a bust of marriages: but no one cares for matrimonial cooings
romances
Romances I never read like those I have seen.
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Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean - roll! / Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; / Man marks the earth with ruin - his control / Stops with the shore.
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Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate: / His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull.
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All are inclined to believe what they covet, from a lottery-ticket up to a passport to Paradise.
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Alas! The love of women! it is known to be a lovely and fearful thing!
affections run water
Alas! our young affections run to waste, / Or water but the desert.
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A light broke in upon my brain, - / It was the carol of a bird; / It ceased, and then it came again, / The sweetest song ear ever heard.
A little still she strove, and much repented, and whispering, ""I will ne'er consent"" - consented
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Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon -- the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.
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The spirit burning but unbent, / May writhe, rebel - the weak alone repent!