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
idols people literature
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
track steps glory
Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?
salt refinement expenses
A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense.
mourning witness mourn
They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
anchors eternity bark
But there are wanderers o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be.
hypocrisy hell hypocritical
Be hypocritical, be cautious, be not what you seem but always what you see.
turtles land sorrow
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime!
life-and-love mean thinking
They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
venice earth masque
Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy.
life-is-too-short chess-game life-it-too-short
Life is too short for chess.
one-day
I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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.
farewell sea sky
Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave.
hay bulls world
The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind are the asses that pull, Each tugs in a different way And the greatest of all is John Bull!