jan 22, 1824 - Byron writes 'On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year'

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'On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year' by Lord Byron is a ten stanza poem that is divided into sets of four lines, or quatrains. ... The last five stanzas in particular are filled with references to “manhood,” a “soldier's grave,” dying an “honourable death” and the elements of battle.

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