Byron, Lord (George Gordon) (1788-1824) - An English poet whose characters,
usually swashbuckling brigands known as "Byronic heroes," are obsessed with
past sins. Byron's reputedly wild personal life is as renowned as his work.
On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year (1824) - Written on his last
birthday; Byron reportedly presented this work to his friends who had been
complaining that he never wrote poetry anymore. Opening lines: 'T is time
this heart should be unmoved, / Since others it hath ceased to move; ...
