Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page xi
... fair chance , by being placed in even a tolerable situation , I might have gone on fairly . But that seems hopeless , —and there is nothing more to be said . " After this the last step is to the wilful cynicism of “ Don Juan " or the ...
... fair chance , by being placed in even a tolerable situation , I might have gone on fairly . But that seems hopeless , —and there is nothing more to be said . " After this the last step is to the wilful cynicism of “ Don Juan " or the ...
Page xxxvi
... fair ? * * * * * * Nor worth nor beauty dwell's from out the mind's " 2 Ideal shape of such . " What most distinguishes Byron's conception of poetry , however , is his insistence that the end of poetry is passion , emotion , movement ...
... fair ? * * * * * * Nor worth nor beauty dwell's from out the mind's " 2 Ideal shape of such . " What most distinguishes Byron's conception of poetry , however , is his insistence that the end of poetry is passion , emotion , movement ...
Page xlv
... , Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe , Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest , 1 " Childe Harold , " III , 32. Cf. the following stanza . Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath , INTRODUCTION xlv.
... , Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe , Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest , 1 " Childe Harold , " III , 32. Cf. the following stanza . Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath , INTRODUCTION xlv.
Page xlvi
George Gordon Byron Baron Byron Frederic Ives Carpenter. Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath , Soft as the callow cygnet in its nest ; In short , he was a very pretty fellow , Although his woes had turn'd him rather yellow ...
George Gordon Byron Baron Byron Frederic Ives Carpenter. Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath , Soft as the callow cygnet in its nest ; In short , he was a very pretty fellow , Although his woes had turn'd him rather yellow ...
Page lvi
... fair view of Byron , and perhaps the best short memoir for general reading , and by Roden Noel ( " Great Writers " series ) , accompanied with a very serviceable Bibliography by J. P. Anderson . Important , also , is the Life of Byron ...
... fair view of Byron , and perhaps the best short memoir for general reading , and by Roden Noel ( " Great Writers " series ) , accompanied with a very serviceable Bibliography by J. P. Anderson . Important , also , is the Life of Byron ...
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