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&nbsp;&nbsp;She walks in beauty, like the night<br>
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;She walks in beauty, like the night<br>
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of cloudless climes and starry skies;<br>
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of cloudless climes and starry skies;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;And all that's best of dark and bright<br  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;And all that's best of dark and bright<br>  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Meet in her aspect and her eyes.<br
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Meet in her aspect and her eyes.<br>
  
 
In his personal live Byron was notorious for his numerous romantic affairs; his lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, described him as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."
 
In his personal live Byron was notorious for his numerous romantic affairs; his lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, described him as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."

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Lord Byron lived from January 22, 1788 to April 19, 1824. He was an English Romantic poet and satirist.

One of his most important works was Don Juan, a book-length narrative poem. (In Byron's poem, "Juan" is pronounced in its Anglicized form; the opening stanza rhymes "Juan" with "new one" and "true one.").

One of his most familiar poems, She Walks in Beauty, opens:

  She walks in beauty, like the night
      Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
  And all that's best of dark and bright
      Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

In his personal live Byron was notorious for his numerous romantic affairs; his lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, described him as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."