A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.–Lord Byron, 1812
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Amongst Byron’s best-known works are the short poems “George Gordon Byron,” “She Walks in Beauty,” and “When We Two Parted,” in addition to the narrative poems So, we’ll go no more a roving and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. He is regarded as one of the greatest English poets.
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