Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1818), Canto I, stanza 13
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Perchance my dog will whine in vain Till fed by stranger hands; But long ere I come back again He'd tear me where he stands.
— Lord Byron on Dogs
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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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