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
heart itself love pause soul sword wears
The sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast. And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself have rest.
existence life love
Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence
generally indeed jealousy lovers self spice
Lovers may be -- and indeed generally are -- enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
bright dear delight discover eyes less love sake thy took unworthy
O Fame! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
curious fool growth human love
Why did she love him? Curious fool - be still - is human love the growth of human will?
appearing avoid best rate sad-love
The best way will be to avoid each other without appearing to do so -- or if we jostle, at any rate not to bite.
love life dying
There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
although beverage born both fearful human love marriage rarely sign sober time tis vinegar wine
Tis melancholy, and a fearful sign Of human frailty, folly, also crime, That love and marriage rarely can combine, Although they both are born in the same clime; Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine - A sad, sour, sober beverage - by time Is s
detest far haste longest love men
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.
fearful known love lovely
Alas! The love of women! it is known to be a lovely and fearful thing!
heart itself love pause soul sword wears
For the sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast. And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself have rest.
loves
He who loves not his country, can love nothing
aloud cheek cried flattered loved nor patient rank worship
I have not loved the world, nor the world me; / I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed / To its idolatries a patient knee, / Nor coined my cheek to smiles, nor cried aloud / In worship of an echo.
love friends jealousy
Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.