Lord Byron Quotes


Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.


Citations

Byron, George Gordon. "Don Juan." The Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge, vol. 6, John Murray, 1903.

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Lord Byron
Lord Byron
  • Born: January 22, 1788
  • Died: April 19, 1824
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Poet

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS known simply as Lord Byron, was an English peer, who was a poet and politician. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement and is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.