Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... To Manfred To Darkness • To the Dream . · • 301 · 303 • 305 341 347 375 379 380 To Mazeppa To Don Juan To Cain . To the Lyrics INDEX OF FIRST LINES · 385 · 400 • 402 411 INTRODUCTION I THERE are two aspects of Byron , almost iv CONTENTS.
... To Manfred To Darkness • To the Dream . · • 301 · 303 • 305 341 347 375 379 380 To Mazeppa To Don Juan To Cain . To the Lyrics INDEX OF FIRST LINES · 385 · 400 • 402 411 INTRODUCTION I THERE are two aspects of Byron , almost iv CONTENTS.
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... line to line , a fiery and desperate sincerity was at bottom and essentially the motive force of Byron's character as of Byron's poetry . After we have read all that he wrote , no less than after reading only the inspired portions , and ...
... line to line , a fiery and desperate sincerity was at bottom and essentially the motive force of Byron's character as of Byron's poetry . After we have read all that he wrote , no less than after reading only the inspired portions , and ...
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... line ; his irritability , waywardness , generosity , and occasional self - devotion , the strain of fitful mor- bidity in him , and perhaps his latent enthusiasm , from the maternal . His physical malformation — his congenital lameness ...
... line ; his irritability , waywardness , generosity , and occasional self - devotion , the strain of fitful mor- bidity in him , and perhaps his latent enthusiasm , from the maternal . His physical malformation — his congenital lameness ...
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... lines from " The Siege of Corinth , although Byron , protested that they were written before he had heard " Christabel " ' recited : " There he sate all heavily , As he heard the night - wind sigh . Was it the wind , through some hollow ...
... lines from " The Siege of Corinth , although Byron , protested that they were written before he had heard " Christabel " ' recited : " There he sate all heavily , As he heard the night - wind sigh . Was it the wind , through some hollow ...
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... line or the phrase , but for the sweeping magnificence of long passages , the effectiveness of large masses , and its power in wholes . In these at his best he always attains his ends and never fails of his effect . 1 He cared little ...
... line or the phrase , but for the sweeping magnificence of long passages , the effectiveness of large masses , and its power in wholes . In these at his best he always attains his ends and never fails of his effect . 1 He cared little ...
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Abbot Astarte Athens beauty behold beneath blood breast breath brow Byron Byron's note Cain canto Capitoline hill castle of Chillon Childe Harold Chillon clouds dark dead death deep Don Juan doth dread dream earth eternal eyes fair fame fear feel foes gaze Giaour glory grave Greece hath heart heaven hell hope hour human Ianthe immortal lake land lines living look Lord Lord Byron Lucifer lyric Manfred Manfred's Mazeppa mind mortal mountains nature ne'er never night o'er ocean once pass'd passion poem poet poet's poetic poetry Prisoner of Chillon rock Rome sail Samian wine scene seem'd Shelley shore Siege of Corinth smile song soul spirit stanzas stars sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought tomb Twas Venice verse waters waves wild wind woes words Wordsworth written youth ΙΟ