George Gordon Byron Quotes

A collection of quotes by George Gordon Byron.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), commonly known as Lord Byron, was a British poet and leading figure in the Romantic movement. Born into a noble family in London, Byron gained fame for his passionate and often controversial poetry, addressing themes of love, nature, and individual freedom. His personal life was as captivating as his works, characterized by numerous love affairs, scandalous behavior, and a reputation as a charismatic and rebellious figure. Byron's most renowned works include the narrative poems "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and "Don Juan," which solidified his literary legacy. Sadly, he died at the age of 36 due to a fever while supporting the Greek struggle for independence.

She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and s

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

George Gordon Byron

Poetry Beauty Adoration

The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist

The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain.

George Gordon Byron

Wedded she some years, and to a manOf fifty, and such husban

Wedded she some years, and to a manOf fifty, and such husbands are in plenty;And yet, I think, instead of such a ONE'Twere better to have TWO of five and twenty...

George Gordon Byron

Gwynned lies two days westwards; still further south, the we

Gwynned lies two days westwards; still further south, the weregeld calls. Mayhap with All-Father Woden's favour, my deeds may yet inspire the skalds.

George Gordon Byron

Humor Funny Science Inspirational Horse Fish Cow

? ? ? ? 'Tis to create, and in creating live? ? ? ? A being

? ? ? ? 'Tis to create, and in creating live? ? ? ? A being more intense, that we endow? ? ? ? With form our fancy, gaining as we give? ? ? ? The life we image, even as I do now.? ? ? ? What am I? Nothing: but not so art thou,? ? ? ? Soul of my thought! with whom I traverse earth,? ? ? ? Invisible but gazing, as I glow? ? ? ? Mix'd with thy spirit, blended with thy birth,And feeling still with thee in my crush'd feelings' dearth.

George Gordon Byron

Life Imagination

My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

George Gordon Byron

The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the starsDid wander dar

The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the starsDid wander darkling in the eternal space.

George Gordon Byron

Science Astronomy Stars Physics Sun Cosmology Eschatology

He thought about himself, and the whole Earth,Of Man the won

He thought about himself, and the whole Earth,Of Man the wonderful, and of the Stars,And how the deuce they ever could have birth;And then he thought of Earthquakes, and of Wars,How many miles the Moon might have in girth,Of Air-balloons, and of the many barsTo perfect Knowledge of the boundless Skies;And then he thought of Donna Julia's eyes.

George Gordon Byron

Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange;Stranger

Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange;Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,How much would novels gain by the exchange!How differently the world would men behold!

George Gordon Byron

Truth Fiction On Fiction Strange