Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1818), Canto IV, Stanza 57; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 277
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Ungrateful Florence! Dante sleeps afar, Like Scipio, buried by the upbraiding shore.
— Lord Byron on Italy
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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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