Lord Byron was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement and is widely regarded as one of the greatest English-language poets of all time. His work is still commonly read by poetry lovers and scholars alike. His poetic works include ‘Hours of Idleness,’ ‘Lara, A Tale’ and ‘Hebrew Melodies.’
‘Apostrophe to the Ocean’ by Lord Byron is an excerpt from Byron’s long, epic poem ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.’ The excerpt includes seven stanzas from the poem, starting with stanza CLXXVIII, or 178, and ending with stanza 184.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:
‘Oh! Snatch’s Away in Beauty’s Bloom’ by Lord Byron is a beautiful poem about grief and the importance of expressing such emotions as a means of catharsis.
Oh! snatched away in beauty’s bloom,
On thee shall press no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf shall roses rear
Their leaves, the earliest of ' the year;
‘Solitude’ describes how a person can feel content and supported in nature, yet isolated and alone when surrounded by other people.
To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell,
To slowly trace the forest's shady scene,
Where things that own not man's dominion dwell,
And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been;
‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ by Lord Byron was published between 1812 and 1818. It’s a long narrative poem. It extends for
‘Darkness’ by Lord Byron serves as a warning against the growing inequality in Byron’s time and a prediction for what will happen to the planet if the human race does not change.
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
‘Epitaph to a Dog’ by Lord Byron is also known as ‘Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog.’ It was written in 1808 after the poet’s dog Boatswain died of rabies.
‘Fare Thee Well’ by Lord Byron is a fifteen stanza poem written by Byron after separating from his wife in the early 1800s.
‘Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed From a Skull’ was written in 1808 and expresses Byron’s disdainful thoughts surrounding death.
A lot of the stories and legends that follow the name Lord Byron have to do with his exuberant personality,
Like poetry such as ‘My Soul is Dark’, music is a powerful art form that can be used to strongly
Lord Byron wrote ‘On the Death of a Young Lady’ in memory of his cousin Margaret Parker. This poem contains great emotional content, focusing on atmosphere over the story.
‘On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year’ by Lord Byron is a ten stanza poem that is divided into
Scholars believe that ‘She Walks in Beauty’ was written when Byron met his cousin Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmont.
Despite the complicated and difficult life led by the then-infamous Lord George Byron, poet to So We’ll Go No More
‘Stanzas for Music’ by Lord Byron is a sixteen line poem that is separated into two sets of eight lines,
‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ by Lord Byron is a narrative poem that retells the story of how God destroys King Sennacherib’s
Lord George Gordon Byron, poet to The Vision of Judgement, was no stranger to infamy. Throughout his admittedly short life, he was
Strictly speaking, humans are social creatures. And yet, the desire for solitude and for silence sometimes feels like one of the
‘Thou Whose Spell Can Raise the Dead’ by Lord Byron, told by the prophet Samuel, describes the fate of King Saul and his sons.
Most people wouldn’t think of the kind of man to embark on wildly flamboyant sexual affairs as being one to
Lord George Gordon Byron, the poet to ‘When We Two Parted’, was well-known in his time and remains well-known today