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1788–1824 England

George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22 1788 – April 19 1824), generally known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and leading figure in Romanticism. He was the father of the mathematician Ada Lovelace.

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Also known as: Byron, Byron, Lord, George Gordon Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, George Noel Gordon Byron, Lord Byron

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Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
By their examples of true Christianity:
In short, all know, or very soon may know it.

Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other world
Than calling it at moments back to this.
The busy have no time for tears.

The tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation,
And for the bass, the beast can only bellow;
In fact, he had no singing education,
An ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow.

And circumstance, that unspiritual god,
And miscreator, makes and helps along
Our coming evils, with a critch-like rod,
Whose touch turns hope to dust—the dust we all have trod.

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.

Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea!
Jehovah hath triumphed—his people are free.

I only know we loved in vain;
I only feel — farewell! farewell!

Farewell! If Ever Fondest Prayer (1808)

Triumphant where it dares defy,
And making Death a Victory.

Prometheus (1816)

On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.

The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree
I planted—they have torn me—and I bleed!
I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.

Old man! ’tis not so difficult to die.

Manfred (1817)

And stoic Franklin's energetic shade
Robed in the lightnings which his hand allay'd.

We two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years.

Whate'er
I may have been, or am, doth rest between
Heaven and myself; I shall not choose a mortal
To be my mediator.

Manfred (1817)

When Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.

So for a good old-gentlemanly vice,
I think I must take up with avarice.

As for me, by the blessing of indifference, I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments

I have not loved the world, nor the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
To its idolatries a patient knee.

Yet in my lineaments they trace
Some features of my father's face.

And lovelier things have mercy shown
To every failing but their own,
And every woe a tear can claim
Except an erring sister's shame.

The Giaour (1813)

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