Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... thing only might lead me back to it , and that is to try once more if I could do any good in politics ; but not in the petty politics I see now preying upon our miserable country . " All of the picturesque superficies of the society of ...
... thing only might lead me back to it , and that is to try once more if I could do any good in politics ; but not in the petty politics I see now preying upon our miserable country . " All of the picturesque superficies of the society of ...
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... things , but his satiric and destructive verse is largely directed against the abuses of English society . In the ... thing , must fall , Kings , conquerors , and markets most of all . And must ye fall with every ear of grain ? Why would ...
... things , but his satiric and destructive verse is largely directed against the abuses of English society . In the ... thing , must fall , Kings , conquerors , and markets most of all . And must ye fall with every ear of grain ? Why would ...
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... things , even in this world , better than either . " Or again , when in 1821 he writes : " There must be an universal republic , —and there ought to be . " Or his enthusiasm for the liberation of Italy : " It is no great matter ...
... things , even in this world , better than either . " Or again , when in 1821 he writes : " There must be an universal republic , —and there ought to be . " Or his enthusiasm for the liberation of Italy : " It is no great matter ...
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... thing like life , that they probably would prefer damnation to quiet . Besides , they think themselves so important in the crea- tion , that nothing less can satisfy their pride - the insects ! " Later his opinions on this subject were ...
... thing like life , that they probably would prefer damnation to quiet . Besides , they think themselves so important in the crea- tion , that nothing less can satisfy their pride - the insects ! " Later his opinions on this subject were ...
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... things ; And , gather'd under his almighty wings , Abolish hell ! And to the expiated Earth Restore the beauty of her birth , Her Eden in an endless paradise , Where man no more can fall as once he fell , And even the very demons shall ...
... things ; And , gather'd under his almighty wings , Abolish hell ! And to the expiated Earth Restore the beauty of her birth , Her Eden in an endless paradise , Where man no more can fall as once he fell , And even the very demons shall ...
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