Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page vii
... heart the strife we saw Of passion with eternal law . " All the passions , at one time or another , were at strife within his soul . And yet , early as was the maturity of his passionate nature , we can trace the development of it ...
... heart the strife we saw Of passion with eternal law . " All the passions , at one time or another , were at strife within his soul . And yet , early as was the maturity of his passionate nature , we can trace the development of it ...
Page xxx
... heart ; On him who gains thy praise , Pointless will fall the Spectre's dart , Consumed in Glory's blaze , " he cries in a copy of youthful verses written at Harrow . And throughout his letters his eagerness for fame is evident ...
... heart ; On him who gains thy praise , Pointless will fall the Spectre's dart , Consumed in Glory's blaze , " he cries in a copy of youthful verses written at Harrow . And throughout his letters his eagerness for fame is evident ...
Page xxxv
... heart of the bestower , Who , having lavish'd his high gift in vain , Lies chain'd to his lone rock by the sea - shore ? So be it : we can bear . - But thus all they Whose intellect is an o'ermastering power Which still recoils from its ...
... heart of the bestower , Who , having lavish'd his high gift in vain , Lies chain'd to his lone rock by the sea - shore ? So be it : we can bear . - But thus all they Whose intellect is an o'ermastering power Which still recoils from its ...
Page xli
... 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 is his excessive use of the dash indicating ellipsis ...
... 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 is his excessive use of the dash indicating ellipsis ...
Page xliv
... heart and stung it to strife ; the hero's eye flashes like the white torrent , or the lightning bursting from the black cloud ; the hero battling alone is like a glutted tiger mangling in his lair ; warriors assaulting the ramparts are ...
... heart and stung it to strife ; the hero's eye flashes like the white torrent , or the lightning bursting from the black cloud ; the hero battling alone is like a glutted tiger mangling in his lair ; warriors assaulting the ramparts are ...
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Abbot Albania Astarte Athens beauty behold beneath blood breast breath bright brow Byron Byron's note Cain canto Childe Harold Chillon clouds Countess Guiccioli dark dead death deep Don Juan doth dread dream dwell earth eternal eyes fair fame fear feel foes gaze Giaour glory grave Greece hath heart heaven hell hope hour human Ianthe immortal lake land lines living look Lord Lord Byron Lucifer lyric Manfred Manfred's Mazeppa mind mortal mountains nature ne'er never night o'er ocean once pass'd passion poem poet poet's poetic poetry Prisoner of Chillon rock Rome sail Samian wine scene seem'd Shelley shore Siege of Corinth smile song soul spirit stanzas stars sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought tomb Twas Venice verse waters waves wild wind woes words Wordsworth written youth ΙΟ