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
life world may
I have had, and may have still, a thousand friends, as they are called, in life, who are like one's partners in the waltz of this world -not much remembered when the ball is over.
sweet revenge
Sweet is revenge-especially to women.
ocean water wave
Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
fall personality care
Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
inspirational heart break
Hearts will break - yet brokenly, live on.
love party mean
A sort of hostile transaction, very necessary to keep the world going, but by no means a sinecure to the parties concerned.
joy share
To have joy, one must share it.
sweet night wind
Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf.
desire lessons cost
Tis an old lesson; time approves it true, And those who know it best, deplore it most; When all is won that all desire to woo, The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.
men effort literature
I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.
song singing sound
That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
eye heart brave
The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do.
laughter drinking food
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.
giving smoking naked
Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe;... Yet thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties - give me a cigar!