Lord Byron (1788–1824) gave five different poems the title “Stanzas for Music” — simply as a generic name by which he meant either that he heard the rhythm of a melody while he wrote the poems, or ...

It’s a 200-Year Moment for Lord Byron, a Poet Called ‘Mad, Bad, and Dangerous To Know’ The poet appears in quite a different aspect in Anne Eekhout’s evocative novel, where in addition to being ...

The poem introduced the archetype of the ‘Byronic hero’—a dark, brooding figure with a mysterious past, traits that many believed mirrored Byron himself. This persona fascinated readers and ...

Lord Byron died at the age of 36 of malaria complications in Missolonghi, ... A poem from Byron. On Jan. 22, 1824, three months before his death, Byron wrote a poem that included the following lines: ...

Even before rumours of his affair with his half-sister spread, Lord Byron had a reputation for scandal. His lover Lady Caroline Lamb famously described him as “mad, bad and dangerous to know".

The Greeks, who adored him, kept his lungs and larynx in an urn; the rest of Byron was returned to England, against his wishes. (“Let not my body be hacked, or sent to England,” he had ordered.) ...