Who is George Gordon 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 Byron Poems
- On Revisiting Harrow. [1]
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Here once engaged the stranger's view
Young Friendship's record simply trac'd; ... - To A Vain Lady. [1]
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Ah, heedless girl! why thus disclose
What ne'er was meant for other ears; ... - Translation From Catullus. - Ad Lesbiam
Equal to Jove that youth must be -
Greater than Jove he seems to me -
Who, free from Jealousy's alarms,
Securely views thy matchless charms; ... - Prometheus.[64]
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Titan! to whose immortal eyes
The sufferings of mortality, ... - The Cornelian. [1]
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No specious splendour of this stone
Endears it to my memory ever; ...
Top 10 most used topics by George Gordon Byron
I Love You 176 Love 176 Soul 170 Heart 166 Hope 117 Alone 117 Earth 117 Long 109 Life 106 Never 106George Gordon Byron Quotes
- There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
- Adversity is the first path to truth.
- 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.
- But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
- Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Allah given To lift from earth our low desire.
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Proverbialsoups: “tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange; stranger than fiction: if it could be told, how much would novels gain by the exchange! how differently the world would men behold!” ― george gordon byron, don juanFreudian_miss: “there is something pagan in me that i cannot shake off. in short, i deny nothing, but doubt everything.” ― george gordon byron
Pendidikan4id: “if i could always read i should never feel the want of company.” ― george gordon byron
Jimloftus4: a drop of ink may make a million think. ~ george gordon byron
Freudian_miss: “there is something pagan in me that i cannot shake off. in short, i deny nothing, but doubt everything.” ― george gordon byron
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