Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... Canto II ) The Isles of Greece ( from Canto III ) The Death of Haidée ( from Canto IV ) Cain , Scene I of Act II . · · 220 · iii 223 . 238 262 273 279 PAGE Lyrics : When we two parted Maid of Athens.
... Canto II ) The Isles of Greece ( from Canto III ) The Death of Haidée ( from Canto IV ) Cain , Scene I of Act II . · · 220 · iii 223 . 238 262 273 279 PAGE Lyrics : When we two parted Maid of Athens.
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... ( Canto III , stanzas 82-84 ) . It is worth while to multiply examples on this head , for the sincerity of Byron's loyalty to the cause of political freedom has sometimes in recent years been questioned.1 A poet has the right to be judged ...
... ( Canto III , stanzas 82-84 ) . It is worth while to multiply examples on this head , for the sincerity of Byron's loyalty to the cause of political freedom has sometimes in recent years been questioned.1 A poet has the right to be judged ...
Page xxiv
... appears to me that there can be little doubt , if we attend for a moment to the action of the mind : 1 Apropos of the opening stanzas of Canto II of " Childe Harold . " • it is in perpetual activity . I used to xxiv INTRODUCTION.
... appears to me that there can be little doubt , if we attend for a moment to the action of the mind : 1 Apropos of the opening stanzas of Canto II of " Childe Harold . " • it is in perpetual activity . I used to xxiv INTRODUCTION.
Page xxxv
... give The life we image , even as I do now . ' Cf. similarly Byron in Trelawny's " Records of Shelley , Byron , and the Author , " 22 . 216 The Prophecy of Dante , ” Canto IV . What am I ? Nothing : but not so art INTRODUCTION XXXV.
... give The life we image , even as I do now . ' Cf. similarly Byron in Trelawny's " Records of Shelley , Byron , and the Author , " 22 . 216 The Prophecy of Dante , ” Canto IV . What am I ? Nothing : but not so art INTRODUCTION XXXV.
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... understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion , and that there is no such 1 I.e. honor , praise , worship . 2 " Childe Harold , " Canto IV , sts . 122 , 123 . thing as a life of passion any more than a xxxvi INTRODUCTION.
... understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion , and that there is no such 1 I.e. honor , praise , worship . 2 " Childe Harold , " Canto IV , sts . 122 , 123 . thing as a life of passion any more than a xxxvi INTRODUCTION.
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