Who is George Gordon Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (Greek: Λόρδος Βύρων, romanized: Lórdos Výron; 22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), simply known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and peer. One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.

He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa. During his stay in Italy he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Indepen...
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George Gordon Lord Byron Poems

• The Isles Of Greece
  The isles of Greece! the isles of Greece
  Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
  Where grew the arts of war and peace,
  Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!...
• Written After Swimming From Sestos To Abydos
  If, in the month of dark December,
  Leander, who was nightly wont
  (What maid will not the tale remember?)
  To cross thy stream, broad Hellespont!...
• When We Two Parted
  When we two parted
  In silence and tears,
  Half broken-hearted,
  To sever for years,...
• When I Roved A Young Highlander
  When I rov'd a young Highlander o'er the dark heath,
  And climb'd thy steep summit, oh Morven of snow!
  To gaze on the torrent that thunder'd beneath,
  Or the mist of the tempest that gather'd below;...
• Well! Thou Art Happy
  Well! thou art happy, and I feel
  That I should thus be happy too;
  For still my heart regards thy weal
  Warmly, as it was wont to do....

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