The quotations of

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist

1788–1824

33 quotes, most often on Love, Freedom and Women.

For freedom’s battle, once begun,
Bequeath’d by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft, is ever won.
The Giaour (1813), Line 123.
- Freedom
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow’d to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
She Walks in Beauty (1815)In context
- Beauty
- Women
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
The Destruction of Sennacherib (1815)In context
- War & Peace
When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years
When We Two Parted (1816)In context
- Love
In secret we met⁠—
In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee?⁠—
With silence and tears.
When We Two Parted (1816)In context
- Love
So we’ll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
So, We’ll Go No More a Roving (1817)In context
- Love
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And Love itself have rest.
So, We’ll Go No More a Roving (1817)In context
- Love
War, war is still the cry, ‘War even to the knife!’
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818), Canto the FirstIn context
- War & Peace
I stood
Among them, but not of them; in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818), Canto the ThirdIn context
- Character
And Coleridge too has lately taken wing,
But like a hawk encumbered with his hood,
Explaining metaphysics to the nation.
I wish he would explain his explanation.
Don Juan (1819–1824), DedicationIn context
- Clever Jabs
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Don Juan (1819–1824), Canto the First (1 of 2)In context
- Anti-Religion
- Christianity
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we’ll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.
So, We’ll Go No More a Roving (1817)In context
- Love
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:
I love not Man the less, but Nature more
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818), Canto the Fourth (2 of 2)In context
- Nature
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean⁠—roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
Man marks the earth with ruin⁠—his control
Stops with the shore
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818), Canto the Fourth (2 of 2)In context
- Nature
Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818), Canto the SecondIn context
- Freedom

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