Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page xxvi
... and restrained and polished and shining with a merely dry light , Byron was abounding , unequal , negligent , and lurid with the red flames of elemental passion . In 66 93 satire like The English Bards " ' and xxvi INTRODUCTION.
... and restrained and polished and shining with a merely dry light , Byron was abounding , unequal , negligent , and lurid with the red flames of elemental passion . In 66 93 satire like The English Bards " ' and xxvi INTRODUCTION.
Page xxxix
... light Dimm'd in the lamp , as loth to break the night . Hark ! there be murmurs heard in Lara's hall— A sound- —a voice — a shriek — a fearful call ! A long , loud shriek — and silence - did they hear That frantic echo burst the ...
... light Dimm'd in the lamp , as loth to break the night . Hark ! there be murmurs heard in Lara's hall— A sound- —a voice — a shriek — a fearful call ! A long , loud shriek — and silence - did they hear That frantic echo burst the ...
Page xli
... light or lovely in their acted time , But now to stern reflection each a crime ; The withering sense of evil unreveal'd , Not cankering less because the more conceal'd- All , in a word , from which all eyes must start , That opening ...
... light or lovely in their acted time , But now to stern reflection each a crime ; The withering sense of evil unreveal'd , Not cankering less because the more conceal'd- All , in a word , from which all eyes must start , That opening ...
Page xliii
... light , Like the first moonrise of midnight . " Or Haidée's beauty , in " Don Juan , " is compared to the break of day over the mountain - tops . But even in these examples it is always the beauty of ele- mental nature that is brought ...
... light , Like the first moonrise of midnight . " Or Haidée's beauty , in " Don Juan , " is compared to the break of day over the mountain - tops . But even in these examples it is always the beauty of ele- mental nature that is brought ...
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... , And where these are light Eros finds a feere ; Maidens , like moths , are ever caught by glare , And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair . X. Childe Harold had a mother - not forgot , CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE 5.
... , And where these are light Eros finds a feere ; Maidens , like moths , are ever caught by glare , And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair . X. Childe Harold had a mother - not forgot , CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE 5.
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