When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),… - Lord Byron

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When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep,eating and swilling, buttoning and unbuttoning — how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.

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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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Birth Name: George Gordon Byron

Alternative Names: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron • Noel Byron • George Gordon Byron Lord • George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron

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