The Poetry of Lord Byron Author:Baron Byron George Gordon Byron Famously described as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' by Lady Caroline Lamb, the most prominent of his (many) married lovers, Byron lived fast, died young, and was denied a funeral service by both St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. As an afterthought, we might also recall that he was a prolific, fashionable and sensationally successful ... more »poet.« less