The Complete Poetical Works of Lord ByronHoughton Mifflin, 1905 - 1055 pages |
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... mind . They almost inevitably , moreover , lead to an art that depends on broad effects instead of subtle and vague impressions . The passion of Byron is good evidence of this tendency . He himself somewhere remarks that his genius was ...
... mind . They almost inevitably , moreover , lead to an art that depends on broad effects instead of subtle and vague impressions . The passion of Byron is good evidence of this tendency . He himself somewhere remarks that his genius was ...
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... mind by comparison with the more definite , the more complex by comparison with the simple , the abstract with the concrete , the emotional with the sensuous . Its rival , the romantic metaphor , appeals to the fancy by the very ...
... mind by comparison with the more definite , the more complex by comparison with the simple , the abstract with the concrete , the emotional with the sensuous . Its rival , the romantic metaphor , appeals to the fancy by the very ...
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... mind . The errors of Byron , both in conduct and in art , were in fact largely due to the revo- lutionary spirit which so easily passes into licentiousness . Classical art should result in self - restraint and harmony of form , but to ...
... mind . The errors of Byron , both in conduct and in art , were in fact largely due to the revo- lutionary spirit which so easily passes into licentiousness . Classical art should result in self - restraint and harmony of form , but to ...
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... mind as vigour from the limb , 71 And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near f the brim . IX His had been quaff'd too quickly , and he found The dregs were wormwood ; but he fill'd again , And from a purer fount , on holier ground , And ...
... mind as vigour from the limb , 71 And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near f the brim . IX His had been quaff'd too quickly , and he found The dregs were wormwood ; but he fill'd again , And from a purer fount , on holier ground , And ...
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... mind so far imbued With scorn of man , it little boots to know ; But thus it was ; and though in solitude Small power the nipp'd affections have to grow , In him this glow'd when all beside had ceased to glow . LV And there was one soft ...
... mind so far imbued With scorn of man , it little boots to know ; But thus it was ; and though in solitude Small power the nipp'd affections have to grow , In him this glow'd when all beside had ceased to glow . LV And there was one soft ...
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Page 38 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs. Which ne'er might be repeated: who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
Page 38 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.— But hark!
Page 81 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 38 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
Page 43 - The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
Page 44 - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round; The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine!
Page 311 - 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...
Page 55 - Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers: And such she was;— her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Pour'd in her lap all gems in sparkling showers.
Page 213 - OUR life is two-fold: Sleep hath its own world, A boundary between the things misnamed Death and existence: Sleep hath its own world, And a wide realm of wild reality. And dreams in their development have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy; They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts, They take a weight from off our waking toils, They do divide our being...
Page 49 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep But breathless, as we grow when feeling most; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep : — All heaven and earth are still : From the high host Of stars, to the lull'd lake and mountain-coast, All is concenter'd in a life intense, Where not a beam, nor air, nor leaf is lost, But hath a part of being, and a sense Of that which is of all Creator and defence.