Ocupation: Baron Byron
Life: January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824
Birthday: January 22
Death: April 19
This is the patent-age of new inventions For killing bodies, and for saving souls, All propagated with the best intentions; Sir Humphrey Davy's lantern, by which coals Are safely mined for in the mode he mentions, Tombuctoo travels, voyages to the Poles, Are ways to benefit mankind, as true, Perhaps, as shooting them at Waterloo.
topic: Science, Soul, Age, Waterloo, Lanterns, Best Intentions, Saving Souls, New Inventions