Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... suggested for the other poems . 66 Byron's style is effective because it renders so com- pletely to us Byron himself . Vital feeling , the impulse , in spite of attendant despairs , to rejoice , as Wordsworth says the poet does , more ...
... suggested for the other poems . 66 Byron's style is effective because it renders so com- pletely to us Byron himself . Vital feeling , the impulse , in spite of attendant despairs , to rejoice , as Wordsworth says the poet does , more ...
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... suggest the epic genre , enough of description to suggest the didactic and idyllic poetry of the Eighteenth century , and enough of the movement and emotion of song to suggest the lyric . Indeed the real unity of the poem is in the ...
... suggest the epic genre , enough of description to suggest the didactic and idyllic poetry of the Eighteenth century , and enough of the movement and emotion of song to suggest the lyric . Indeed the real unity of the poem is in the ...
Page 306
... suggests only the superficial aim of the composition . Its essential and po- etical aim , to record and communicate the reaction of picturesque and stirring scenes and events upon the sensitive and powerful genius of the poet , is of ...
... suggests only the superficial aim of the composition . Its essential and po- etical aim , to record and communicate the reaction of picturesque and stirring scenes and events upon the sensitive and powerful genius of the poet , is of ...
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... suggested to me by friends , on whose opinions I set a high value , that in this fictitious character , " Childe Harold , " I may incur the suspicion of having intended some real personage ; this I beg leave , once for all , to disclaim ...
... suggested to me by friends , on whose opinions I set a high value , that in this fictitious character , " Childe Harold , " I may incur the suspicion of having intended some real personage ; this I beg leave , once for all , to disclaim ...
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... suggested by the fate of her noblest monument of art , the Parthenon . The poet then returns to the subject of his journey , beginning with a description of the voyage from Malta to Greece in a brig of war . 25 i . Athena is invoked ...
... suggested by the fate of her noblest monument of art , the Parthenon . The poet then returns to the subject of his journey , beginning with a description of the voyage from Malta to Greece in a brig of war . 25 i . Athena is invoked ...
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Abbot Æschylus Alps Astarte Athens beauty behold beneath blood breast breath brow Byron Byron's note Cain canto Capitoline hill Childe Harold Chillon clouds Countess Guiccioli dark death deep Don Juan doth dread dream earth edition eternal eyes fair fame Faust feel gaze Giaour glory grave Greece hath heart heaven Hell hour human immortal Jungfrau lake land lines living Lord Lord Byron Lucifer lyric Manfred Manfred's Mazeppa mind mortal mountains nature ne'er never night o'er ocean pass'd passage passion Pausanias perhaps poem poet poet's poetic poetry Prisoner of Chillon rhyme rock sail Samian wine scene seem'd Shelley Shipwreck shore Siege of Corinth smile song soul spirit stanzas star story suggested sweet tears thee thine things thought Twas Venice verse waters wave wild wind Witch woes words Wordsworth written youth ΙΟ
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Page 153 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 153 - Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm. Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime; The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible: even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 303 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile. The hope, the fear, the jealous care, The exalted portion of the pain And power of love, I cannot share, But wear the chain.
Page 128 - There is the moral of all human tales; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption, — barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page...
Page 263 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires'
Page 264 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Page 246 - Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 296 - She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes ; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 266 - But words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think...
Page 291 - These scenes, their story not unknown, Arise, and make again your own; Snatch from the ashes of your sires The embers of their former fires; And he who in the strife expires Will add to theirs a name of fear That Tyranny shall quake to hear...