Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page vii
... breast is no new or peculiar thing ; but Byron's poetry is , as was his life , a field where the conflict appears pre - eminently desperate and magnificent . " He taught us little ; but our soul Had felt him like the thunder's roll ...
... breast is no new or peculiar thing ; but Byron's poetry is , as was his life , a field where the conflict appears pre - eminently desperate and magnificent . " He taught us little ; but our soul Had felt him like the thunder's roll ...
Page xxxii
... breast . " I by no means rank poetry or poets high in the scale of intel . lect , " he writes to Miss Milbanke in a very significant passage only recently published . " This may look like affectation , but it is my real opinion . It is ...
... breast . " I by no means rank poetry or poets high in the scale of intel . lect , " he writes to Miss Milbanke in a very significant passage only recently published . " This may look like affectation , but it is my real opinion . It is ...
Page xlv
... breast , Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe , Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest , 1 " Childe Harold , " III , 32. Cf. the following stanza . Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath , INTRODUCTION xlv.
... breast , Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe , Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest , 1 " Childe Harold , " III , 32. Cf. the following stanza . Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath , INTRODUCTION xlv.
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... breast might vainly sigh , Could I to thee be ever more than friend : This much , dear maid , accord ; nor question why To one so young my strain I would commend , But bid me with my wreath one matchless lily blend . Such is thy name ...
... breast might vainly sigh , Could I to thee be ever more than friend : This much , dear maid , accord ; nor question why To one so young my strain I would commend , But bid me with my wreath one matchless lily blend . Such is thy name ...
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... breast a breast of steel ; Ye , who have known what ' tis to dote upon A few dear objects , will in sadness feel Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal . XI . His house , his home , his heritage , his lands , The ...
... breast a breast of steel ; Ye , who have known what ' tis to dote upon A few dear objects , will in sadness feel Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal . XI . His house , his home , his heritage , his lands , The ...
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