Lord Byron Selected Poems, Lord George Gordon Byron
Lord Byron Selected Poems, Lord George Gordon Byron
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Lord Byron: Selected Poems

Author: Lord George Gordon Byron

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 2 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/18/2011

Categories: Fiction, Poetry


Synopsis

The epitome of the romantic literary hero, Lord Byron was as well known in his time for the revolutionary panache with which he lived as for his extremely popular verse. As a myth, wrote Bertrand Russell, his importance, especially on the continent, was enormous. His many tempestuous relationships were the subject of scandal which only added to his celebrity. His name has even entered into our language to describe a man of deep passion and defiance. Byrons poetry, satirical, shocking, romantic, and dramatic, is replete with witticisms, surprise rhymes, and editorial comment. Poems in this collection include "She Walks in Beauty," "So, We'll Go No More Aroving," "Epistle to Augusta," "Beppo, "The Spell Is Broke, the Charm Is Flown! "Churchill's Grave," excepts from Don Juan, and more.

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on January 23, 2025

I often think about how Lord Byron was such a historically epic piece of shit that he reshaped the world in his wake. Seriously. Like, at some point while writing Prometheus he must have thought “I’m gonna be a Zeus-level fuckboi who leaves my mark forever too” and then absolutely did.* The poet who......more

Goodreads review by Alok on May 17, 2019

Let's keep it as 'passionate' and then, romantic and then only universal, at times only. Byron was an avowed lover - a lover of beauty and ideas. His poems express his concerns passionately and vehemently. You can disagree with his views but you cannot ignore him.......more

Goodreads review by Allwhitenoise on February 15, 2013

This book has been getting me laid for well over a decade, and will continue to help me get laid for many decades to come; and that's how you know it's a Classic immemorial.......more

Goodreads review by sologdin on March 18, 2019

Well, Byron's very popular. Sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads: they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.......more

Goodreads review by Kiran on September 07, 2020

Lord Byron! One of my secret-not-so-secret historical crushes. What bravado! What swagger! And he died in the middle of fighting in a war? While being a modern gigolo on the side? Though I rarely talk about personality when I write book reviews, I think it's important to remember that no matter how m......more