Lord Byron

my favorite quotes by my favorite people (8 person items)

""There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away." "Folly loves the martyrdom of fame." "I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture." "This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction. " "In solitude, where we are least alone. " "I stood Among them, but not of them; in a shroud Of thoughts which were not their thoughts. ""

Vampire Fiction (43 person items)

""Augustus Darvell" or "Fragment of a Novel," (1816) an uncompleted work which laid the groundwork for John Polidori's seminal piece "The Vampyr." "The Giaour" or "A Fragment of a Turkish Tale," a poem"

Super Hot Men In History I'd Totally Bang (10 person items)

"the classic badboy. Byron, you handsome rebel, you! he wrote lovely poetry, and smutty stuff like Don Juan, and stuck his middle finger out at the world and society. way to go bro! "

Favorite Poets (12 person items)

"As once I wept, if I could weep, My tears might well be shed, To think I was not near to keep One vigil o'er thy bed; To gaze, how fondly! on thy face, To fold thee in a faint embrace, Uphold thy drooping head; And show that love, however vain, Nor thou nor I can feel again. -And Thou art Dead, as Young and Fair"

10 fatos curiosos sobre escritores famosos (10 person items)

"Lord Byron tinha um pé torto, mas ninguém sabe dizer qual é. Sua mãe dizia que era o direito, assim como os seus editores, que tinham as botas dele para provar. Mas o fabricante dos seus aparelhos ortopédicos dizia que era o esquerdo. Edward Trelawny, amigo de Byron, espiou as pernas dele depois de morto e disse que eram nenhum dos dois, opinião compartilhada por um médico que examinou as botas dele 100 anos depois e concluiu que ele sofria na verdade de um distúrbio cerebral chamado dip"