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Quotes by Lord Byron

English poet, 1788–1824

George Gordon Byron woke to find himself famous with Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage in 1812 and became the most celebrated and scandalous poet in Europe. Exiled from England by debts and gossip, he wrote Don Juan in Italy and died of fever at Missolonghi while fighting for Greek independence.

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She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies; and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes.

Lord Byron, She Walks in Beauty (Hebrew Melodies), first stanza, 1815 Verified quote Read its story
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