Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose… - Lord Byron

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Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones,
Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones.

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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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Sweet to the miser are his glittering heaps,
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth,
Sweet is revenge — especially to women

Farewell! For in that word, that fatal word,—howe'er
We promise, hope, believe,—there breathes despair.

My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones. - Lord Byron

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