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The most flamboyant and notorious of the major English Romantic poets, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was likewise the most fashionable poet of the early 1800s. He created an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt—for which, to many, he seemed the model. He...
The Prisoner of Chillon. By Lord Byron (George Gordon) My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white. In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil,
The most flamboyant and notorious of the major English Romantic poets, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was likewise the most fashionable poet of the early 1800s. He created an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt—for which, to many, he seemed the model. He...
Prometheus. By Lord Byron (George Gordon) Titan! to whose immortal eyes. The sufferings of mortality, Seen in their sad reality, Were not as things that gods despise; What was thy pity's recompense? A silent suffering, and intense; The rock, the vulture, and the chain, All that the proud can feel of pain, The agony they do not show,
The most flamboyant and notorious of the major English Romantic poets, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was likewise the most fashionable poet of the early 1800s. He created an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt—for which, to many, he seemed the model.
1788 –. 1824. When we two parted. In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted. To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold. Sorrow to this. The dew of the morning. Sunk chill on my brow— It felt like the warning. Of what I feel now. Thy vows are all broken, And light is thy fame; I hear thy name spoken,
The complete poetical works of Lord Byron. by. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, author. Publication date. 1905. Topics. English poetry -- 19th century, English poetry. Publisher. Boston : Houghton Mifflin. Collection. marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English.
