Sep 17, 2017
Man is born passionate of body — but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his Main-spring of Mind. — — But God help us all! — It is at present a sad jar of atoms. — —
Lord Byron, from Detached Thoughts
#no offence but sad jar of atoms is my favourite fucking thing#lord byron#quotes#george gordon#george gordon byron#english romanticism#george byron#dude is2g#george noel gordon byron#realromantics#romantic poets#pls appriciate this tho i've spent like 15 minutes researching types of dashes for this post#which by the way byron uses an obscene amount of dashes in his prose??#like this is fucking worse than emily — dickinson — — the queen — of — fucking — dashes — — —#anyway#romantics™#that bisexual flaming trainwreck poet#words#k bye
