Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... hath twice too well been taught The ' moral lesson ' dearly bought- Her safety sits not on a throne With Capet or Napoleon ! But in equal rights and laws , Hearts and hands in one great cause- Freedom , such as God hath given Unto all ...
... hath twice too well been taught The ' moral lesson ' dearly bought- Her safety sits not on a throne With Capet or Napoleon ! But in equal rights and laws , Hearts and hands in one great cause- Freedom , such as God hath given Unto all ...
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... hath seized ? In him alone . Can Nature show so 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 ...
... hath seized ? In him alone . Can Nature show so 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 ...
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... hath blown , That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown . " For effects of humor and satire , naturally , Byron uses imagery in quite a different manner . Here the rhetorical effect usually desired is that of anti - climax . This ...
... hath blown , That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown . " For effects of humor and satire , naturally , Byron uses imagery in quite a different manner . Here the rhetorical effect usually desired is that of anti - climax . This ...
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... hath there been matchless deem'd , Not in those visions to the heart displaying Forms which it sighs but to have only dream'd , Hath aught like thee in truth or fancy seem'd : Nor , having seen thee , shall I vainly seek To paint those ...
... hath there been matchless deem'd , Not in those visions to the heart displaying Forms which it sighs but to have only dream'd , Hath aught like thee in truth or fancy seem'd : Nor , having seen thee , shall I vainly seek To paint those ...
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... hath done for this delicious land : What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree ! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand ! But man would mar them with an impious hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ' Gainst ...
... hath done for this delicious land : What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree ! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand ! But man would mar them with an impious hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ' Gainst ...
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