Disagreement turns deadly?

May 22, 2009

There are unconfirmed reports that, during a disagreement over English involvement in the fight for Greek independence, noted poet and roue George Gordon, Lord Byron has beheaded poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott at Missalonghi.

posted by Cooper Renner in fiction, literature, nineteenth century (sorry cindy)™, poetry | * | 2 comments

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Lucy Foley on May 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Those poets are really vicious bastards, when you get down to it. It’s not like it used to be in the old days, when things were decent.
Sheila Ryan on May 22nd, 2009 at 12:32 pm

They are not only vicious and ill-tempered, but they ruin young girls.

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