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
affections run water
Alas! our young affections run to waste, / Or water but the desert.
fades native shore waters
Adieu, adieu! my native shore / Fades o'er the waters blue.
music sweet voice waters
Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me.
love water swim
It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I never swim unless I tumble into the water, I don't make love till almost obliged.
lonely wind water
And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
hate twilight water
Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil, Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.
happiness water mixtures
Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!
ocean water wave
Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
pain men water
Till taught by pain, men know not water's worth.
doubt heard rome stood time
I've stood upon Achilles' tomb, And heard Troy doubted: time will doubt of Rome
alone burning rebel spirit weak
The spirit burning but unbent, / May writhe, rebel - the weak alone repent!
daily lady leave literary smug wits
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen, I leave them to their daily ""tea is ready,"" Smug coterie and literary lady
adventure agreeable lively
And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.
And when we think we lead, we are most led.