“As the liberty lads o'er the sea
Bought their freedom, and cheaply, with blood,
So we, boys, we
Shall die fighting or live free,
And down with all kings but King Ludd!”

— George Gordon Byron

Song for the Luddites http://readytogoebooks.com/LB-Luddites.htm (1816).

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English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement 1788–1824

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