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Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788-1824) · United Kingdom · Writers · Died at 36

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Byron wrote poems that made him a scandal and a superstar in equal measure, then left England for good and died at 36 leading Greek rebels against the Ottomans - a Romantic poet who actually lived the myth.

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1900Don JuanBook published after his death, satiric poem by Lord Byron1898The Poets’ Praise of FreedomBook published after his death, version of anthology of poem fragments from 1898 publication1896Greece crowns ByronTribute, 1896 public artwork in Athens, Greece1895PoemataBook published after his death, Polish edition of poetry by Lord Byron1824Died19 April 18241814“Where may the wearied eye repose / When gazing on the Great; / Where neither guilty glory glows, / Nor despicable state?”In their wordsOde to Napoleon Bonaparte, st. 29 (1814).

1812“And thou wert lovely to the last, / Extinguish'd, not decay'd; / As stars that shoot along the sky / Shine brightest as they fall from high.”In their wordsAnd Thou Art Dead as Young and Fair (1812).

1810“Maid of Athens, ere we part, / Give, oh give me back my heart!”In their wordsMaid of Athens, st. 1 (1810).

1808“Farewell! if ever fondest prayer / For other's weal avail'd on high, / Mine will not all be lost in air, / But waft thy name beyond the sky.”In their wordsFarewell! if ever fondest Prayer (1808).

“When we two parted / In silence and tears, / Half brokenhearted, / To sever for years.”In their wordsWhen We Two Parted (1808), stanza 1.

“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, / The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”In their wordsInscription on the monument of a Newfoundland dog (1808).

1788Born22 January 1788

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  1. Where may the wearied eye repose / When gazing on the Great; / Where neither guilty glory glows, / Nor despicable state?

    1814, Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, st. 29 (1814)., Own words

  2. If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

    Nov 27, 1813, Journal for Saturday, 27th November 1813; Quoted in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron by Thomas Moore (1830), Vol III, Chap. XVII, p. 208, Own words

  3. The love where Death has set his seal, / Nor age can chill, nor rival steal, / Nor falsehood disavow.

    1812, And Thou Art Dead as Young and Fair (1812)., Own words

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was born 22 January 1788 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. His lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, along with shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies, made him one of the major figures of the Romantic movement and among the greatest British poets. After graduation he travelled extensively in Europe, living seven years in Italy - Venice, Ravenna, Pisa, Genoa - where he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Threats of lynching forced him to flee back to England, but later he joined the Greek War of Independence to fight the Ottoman Empire. He died leading a campaign on 19 April 1824, age 36, from a fever contracted after the sieges of Missolonghi; Greeks revere him as a folk hero.

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deceased
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Lived 1788 to 1824 · aged 36

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