Byron's Love Poems

His hero was the characteristic, moody figure of the romantic period. Byron did not commit to a single woman, or man for that matter. But he deeply mourned his chorister lover, john eddlestone, who died of consumption in 18 11. He wrote a love poem for him, concealing john's name with a woman's name. The poem was called child harold's pilgrimage and it was the poem that would make lord byron famous. Overnight. With the enormous fame came many wonted and some unwonted advances from women. Started affairs with married women, their daughters and even their maids. If you were rich or famous enough, you could perhaps

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