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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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There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.
And they were canopied by the blue sky,
The Dream (1816)
Alas! the love of women! it is known
Virtue will have greater claims
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
The "good old times" — all times when old are good —
The Age of Bronze (1823)
I will have nothing to do with your immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without the absurdity of speculating upon another.
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound.
It is the hour when from the boughs
Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown.
War, war is still the cry, "War even to the knife!"
Truth is always strange;
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent"—consented.
What say you to such a supper with such a woman?
And wrinkles, the d—d democrats, won't flatter.
Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground.
This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!
Sapping a solemn creed with a solemn sneer.
A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.
The Dream (1816)
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