Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto II (1812), Stanza 24
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None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.
— Lord Byron on Depression
What It Means
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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.
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.
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