Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... eyes of Europe for a short generation . To us this Byron becomes a fascinating psychological study , a document in humanity , baffling our analysis , as he himself baffled his own analysis . For this study it is plain that we need all ...
... eyes of Europe for a short generation . To us this Byron becomes a fascinating psychological study , a document in humanity , baffling our analysis , as he himself baffled his own analysis . For this study it is plain that we need all ...
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... eyes , a face like Faustina's , and the figure of a Juno ; tall and energetic as a Pythoness , with eyes flashing , and her dark hair streaming in the moonlight , ” — he goes on to add : " I like this kind of animal , and am sure that I ...
... eyes , a face like Faustina's , and the figure of a Juno ; tall and energetic as a Pythoness , with eyes flashing , and her dark hair streaming in the moonlight , ” — he goes on to add : " I like this kind of animal , and am sure that I ...
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... eyes must start , That opening sepulchre - the naked heart Bares with its buried woes , till Pride awake , To snatch the mirror from the soul -- and break . ” Certain mannerisms and tricks of style in Byron everybody will notice . There ...
... eyes must start , That opening sepulchre - the naked heart Bares with its buried woes , till Pride awake , To snatch the mirror from the soul -- and break . ” Certain mannerisms and tricks of style in Byron everybody will notice . There ...
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... eyes assign To those whose admiration shall succeed , But mix'd with pangs to Love's even loveliest hours de- creed . Oh ! let that eye , which , wild as the gazelle's , Now brightly bold or beautifully shy , Wins as it wanders ...
... eyes assign To those whose admiration shall succeed , But mix'd with pangs to Love's even loveliest hours de- creed . Oh ! let that eye , which , wild as the gazelle's , Now brightly bold or beautifully shy , Wins as it wanders ...
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... eyes , fair locks and snowy hands , Might shake the saintship of an anchorite , And long had fed his youthful appetite ; His goblets brimm'd with every costly wine , And all that mote to luxury invite , Without a sigh he left to cross ...
... eyes , fair locks and snowy hands , Might shake the saintship of an anchorite , And long had fed his youthful appetite ; His goblets brimm'd with every costly wine , And all that mote to luxury invite , Without a sigh he left to cross ...
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