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“I loved my country, and I hated him.”

Quote by Lord Byron

Book:Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose

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Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose

Compiled to showcase the literary genius of Lord Byron, this volume includes a variety of his poems and prose pieces, offering readers a comprehensive view of his creative output. more

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Lord Byron, born on January 22, 1788, and died on April 19, 1824, was a prominent English Romantic poet. His poetry is characterized by its strong personality and passion, and has had a profound impact on literature. more

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“I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse borne away with every breath! Misplaced upon the throne misplaced in life. I know not what I could have been, but feel I am not what I should be let it end.”

Knows Feels Should Has Beens Ends Circumstances Breaths Slave Impulse Thrones Could Have Been Misplaced

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast; Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so.”

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Author:Lord Byron

“The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind are the asses that pull, Each tugs in a different way And the greatest of all is John Bull!”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“It would be difficult, perhaps, to find the annals of a nation less stained with crimes than those of the Armenians, whose virtues have been those of peace, and their vices those of compulsion. But whatever may have been their destiny and it has been bitter whatever it may be in future, their country must ever be one of the most interesting on the globe.”

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Author:Lord Byron

“Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylæ!”

Earth Three Hundred Breasts Grants Remnants Thermopylae

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“Oh, talk not to me of a name great in story; The days of our youth are the days of our glory; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.”

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Author:Lord Byron

“I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.”

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Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“For through the South the custom still commands The gentleman to kiss the lady's hands.”

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“Though the day of my Destiny 's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find.”

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Book:Selected Poems of Lord Byron

Source: Selected Poems of Lord Byron