Lord Byron, Prayer of Nature.

Father! no prophet's laws I seek,— Thy laws in Nature's works appear;— I own myself corrupt and weak, Yet will I pray, for thou wilt hear.

— Lord Byron on Prayer

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Father! no prophet's laws I seek,— Thy laws in Nature's works appear;— I own myself corrupt and weak, Yet will I pray, for thou wilt hear." in the context of "Lord Byron, Prayer of Nature." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Lord Byron

About Lord Byron

George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22 1788 – April 19 1824), generally known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and leading figure in Romanticism. He was the father of the mathematician Ada Lovelace.