That is the usual method, but not mine–
My way is to begin with the beginning;
The regularity of my design
Forbids all wandering as the worst of sinn… - Lord Byron
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That is the usual method, but not mine– My way is to begin with the beginning; The regularity of my design Forbids all wandering as the worst of sinning, And therefore I shall open with a line (Although it cost me half an hour in spinning)
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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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George Gordon Byron
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
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Noel Byron
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George Gordon Byron Lord
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron
Believe: — if ’tis improbable, you must; And if it is impossible, you shall: ’Tis always best to take things upon trust.
Without a friend, what were humanity, To hunt our errors up with a good grace? Consoling us with — 'Would you had thought twice! Ah, if you had but follow'd my advice!
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Place me on Sunium’s marbled steep — Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne’er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
