Byron

Like all Western interventionists, Byron made his share of miscalculations and blunders.

Hardly an apologist for Vienna, Byron still found these tracts too extreme and in need of censoring.

Exile had also given Byron his first taste of insurrection and intrigue.

Byron certainly embodied more than even their combined share of vices.

The following poem entitled "Weedless," after Byron's "Darkness," gives a vivid description of the world without tobacco.

Byron wrote dashingly about 'sublime Tobacco,' but I do not think he carried the practice to excess.

Among these may still be seen the rudely cut letters of the names of Byron, Sheridan and Peele.

British commodore Byron sailed from the Downs in the Dolphin, on his voyage round the world.

Sit down in that corner behind the bookcase and I'll read to you from one of the old poets, Byron, belike.