@troycap.bsky.socialLord Byron in Albanian dress — portrait of the British poet who became a philhellene in the Greek War of Independence. He adopted local costume, raised funds and sailed to Greece, dying in Missolonghi in 1824. Read more: buff.ly/KJrKZuh #Byron #GreekIndependence
@roberttroyross.bsky.social@troycap.bsky.socialByron in Albanian dress — a striking Romantic-era portrait. Big thanks to my friend in Brno, Czech Republic for buying this beautiful art print of the great British poet; it evokes his travels and interest in Balkan customs. See it: buff.ly/w7EVrff #Byron #ArtPrint
@rock-rex.bsky.social"Lord Byron (1788–1824)".
From "Last Words", a sequence of poems each starting with the last words (sometimes apocryphal) of a well-known person.
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #lastwords #byron
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@bigjackbrass.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy‘Geldof, former lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, acknowledged that his literary hero, Yeats, was not a “shagger”.’
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@wherearethebooks.bsky.socialSuch a pleasure to be back in London for our #ByronSociety AGM and a wonderful lecture from Prof Greg Kucich on #LordByron (any lecture that starts with a celebration of #Obama and his new library and links it with #Byron gets my vote of appreciation 😀)
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social"He thought, in fine, that the dreams of poets were the realities of life."
✒ #JohnWilliamPolidori, English friend and physician to Lord #Byron, and author of "The Vampyre," was #BOTD 7 September 1795. #Gothic #Literature
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