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Poèmes
128 pages, Paperback
Published October 3, 2025
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Lord Byron
4,454 books2,164 followersGeorge Gordon Byron (invariably known as Lord Byron), later Noel, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale FRS was a British poet and a leading figure in Romanticism. Amongst Byron's best-known works are the brief poems She Walks in Beauty, When We Two Parted, and So, we'll go no more a roving, in addition to the narrative poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential, both in the English-speaking world and beyond.
Byron's notabilty rests not only on his writings but also on his life, which featured upper-class living, numerous love affairs, debts, and separation. He was notably described by Lady Caroline Lamb as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know". Byron served as a regional leader of Italy's revolutionary organization, the Carbonari, in its struggle against Austria. He later travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died from a fever contracted while in Messolonghi in Greece.
Byron's notabilty rests not only on his writings but also on his life, which featured upper-class living, numerous love affairs, debts, and separation. He was notably described by Lady Caroline Lamb as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know". Byron served as a regional leader of Italy's revolutionary organization, the Carbonari, in its struggle against Austria. He later travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died from a fever contracted while in Messolonghi in Greece.
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December 22, 2025
"My soul nor deigns nor dares complain
though grief and passion there rebel
I only know we loved in vain
I only feel - Farewell! - Farewell!"
though grief and passion there rebel
I only know we loved in vain
I only feel - Farewell! - Farewell!"
May 5, 2026
A veces tierno, por lo general majestuoso y terrible, impregnado de una melancolía dramática que justifica que se convirtiera en todo un icono del Romanticismo, lord Byron se muestra en estos poemas en todo su esplendor. Incluso para los neófitos, las imágenes que es capaz de conjurar estremecen y dejan poso, exigen un momento de pausa para paladearlas y permitir que las emociones se posen.
Confieso que me tocan más sus versos oscuros y dramáticos, composiciones como Darkness, donde parece anticipar el horror cósmico, o Prometheus, una oda que transpira rebeldía, o la misma Euthanasia, con su belleza lánguida y siniestra, pero en cualquiera de los casos, muestra un genio que, incluso a día de hoy, es emociona y justifica que el autor se haya convertido en un personaje y fuente de inspiración.
La selección de poemas de esta edición bilingüe de Florence Guilhot y Jean-Louis Paul se me antoja, a pesar de su brevedad, muy bien realizada y editada.
Confieso que me tocan más sus versos oscuros y dramáticos, composiciones como Darkness, donde parece anticipar el horror cósmico, o Prometheus, una oda que transpira rebeldía, o la misma Euthanasia, con su belleza lánguida y siniestra, pero en cualquiera de los casos, muestra un genio que, incluso a día de hoy, es emociona y justifica que el autor se haya convertido en un personaje y fuente de inspiración.
La selección de poemas de esta edición bilingüe de Florence Guilhot y Jean-Louis Paul se me antoja, a pesar de su brevedad, muy bien realizada y editada.
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