...methinks the older that one grows, Inclines us more to l… - Lord Byron

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...methinks the older that one grows,
Inclines us more to laugh the scold, though laughter
Leaves us so doubly serious shortly after.

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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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So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. II For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest. III

And those who saw, it did surprise,
Such drops could fall from human eyes.

Love in full life and length, not love ideal,
No, nor ideal beauty, that fine name,
But something better still, so very real...

...methinks the older that one grows, Inclines us more to laugh the scold, though laughter Leaves us so doubly serious shortly after. - Lord Byron

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