This poet took melancholy journeys like the ones in his long narrative poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"
The reason for this long pauses can be found in Byron's way of writing 
only ... His nickname Childe (squire, future knight) suits the character well, as he 
is ... Just like the other heroes of literary romanticism, they feel the Weltschmerz
... [DOC] [TLE] Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by George Gordon Byron  Reviews ... [PAR] Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long poem about a traveling young man who 
journeys across the world to combat his disillusionment with his own society.