Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto III, Stanza 87

The isles of Greece! the isles of Greece   Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,   Where Delos rose, and Phœbus sprung!

— Lord Byron on Ancient Greece

What It Means

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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.