Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 15John Murray, 1833 |
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... poem in the style and manner of Beppo , en- couraged by the good success of the same . It is called Don Juan , and is meant to be a little quietly facetious upon every thing . But I doubt whe- ther it is not at least , as far as it has ...
... poem in the style and manner of Beppo , en- couraged by the good success of the same . It is called Don Juan , and is meant to be a little quietly facetious upon every thing . But I doubt whe- ther it is not at least , as far as it has ...
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... poems ; but if people won't discover the moral , that is their fault , not mine . " - April 6. 1819 .- " You sha'n't make canticles of my cantos . The poem will please , if it is lively ; if it is stupid , it will fail : but I will have ...
... poems ; but if people won't discover the moral , that is their fault , not mine . " - April 6. 1819 .- " You sha'n't make canticles of my cantos . The poem will please , if it is lively ; if it is stupid , it will fail : but I will have ...
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... poem proceeds . In the mean time , we have been much puzzled how to put the reader , who does not recollect the incidents of 1819 , in possession of any thing like an adequate view of the nature and extent of the animadversion called ...
... poem proceeds . In the mean time , we have been much puzzled how to put the reader , who does not recollect the incidents of 1819 , in possession of any thing like an adequate view of the nature and extent of the animadversion called ...
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... poem . " - Next comes a harsher voice , from - probably Lees Gif- fard , Esq . , LL.D. -at all events , from that staunch and undeviating organ of high Toryism , the " St. James's Chro- nicle , " still flourishing , but now better known ...
... poem . " - Next comes a harsher voice , from - probably Lees Gif- fard , Esq . , LL.D. -at all events , from that staunch and undeviating organ of high Toryism , the " St. James's Chro- nicle , " still flourishing , but now better known ...
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... poem . The hero is the same , and there is no obvious im- provement in his morality . He has the same spirit of intrigue , and the same unrestricted success . The work is clever and pungent , sometimes reminding us of the earlier and ...
... poem . The hero is the same , and there is no obvious im- provement in his morality . He has the same spirit of intrigue , and the same unrestricted success . The work is clever and pungent , sometimes reminding us of the earlier and ...
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Page 225 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, 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 90 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 321 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; - all were his! He counted them at break of day And when the sun set where were they?
Page 325 - 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 320 - 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.
Page 90 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Page 324 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad.
Page 324 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Page 93 - And compass vile; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task: A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy.
Page 12 - No more — no more — Oh ! never more on me The freshness of the heart can fall like dew, Which out of all the lovely things we see Extracts emotions beautiful and new, Hived in our bosoms like the bag o' the bee : Think'st thou the honey with those objects grew ? • Alas!