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
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Tis very puzzling on the brink Of what is called Eternity to stare, And know no more of what is here, than there
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Tis sweet to hear the watch dogs' honest bark - Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark - Our coming and look brighter when we come
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Though women are angels, yet wedlock's the devil
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Though they did not kiss, / Yet still between his Darkness and his Brightness / There passed a mutual glance of great politeness.
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There is a tide in the affairs of women, Which, taken at the flood, leads God knows where
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Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, / And all, save the spirit of man, is divine.
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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.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think
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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.
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For what were all these country patriots born? / To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
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For most men (till by losing rendered sager), Will back their own opinions by a wager
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Adversity is the first path to truth
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I live not in myself, but I become / Portion of that around me; and to me / High mountains are a feeling, but the hum / Of human cities torture.