Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... mountain - tops . But even in these examples it is always the beauty of ele- mental nature that is brought into the comparison . The more characteristic images are as where the poet proclaims that his hero's mind is as a seaweed torn ...
... mountain - tops . But even in these examples it is always the beauty of ele- mental nature that is brought into the comparison . The more characteristic images are as where the poet proclaims that his hero's mind is as a seaweed torn ...
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... mountains . 1798. Inherits the title and estates . Journey to Newstead . Settles in Nottingham . Lord Carlisle , an uncle , his guardian . 1799. School at Dulwich under Dr. Glennie . Voracious general 1800. Boyish passion for another ...
... mountains . 1798. Inherits the title and estates . Journey to Newstead . Settles in Nottingham . Lord Carlisle , an uncle , his guardian . 1799. School at Dulwich under Dr. Glennie . Voracious general 1800. Boyish passion for another ...
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... mountain greets them on their way , And Tagus dashing onward to the deep , His fabled golden tribute bent to pay : And soon on board the Lusian pilots leap , And steer ' twixt fertile shores where yet few rustics reap . XV . Oh , Christ ...
... mountain greets them on their way , And Tagus dashing onward to the deep , His fabled golden tribute bent to pay : And soon on board the Lusian pilots leap , And steer ' twixt fertile shores where yet few rustics reap . XV . Oh , Christ ...
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... mountain moss by scorching skies imbrown'd , The sunken glen , whose sunless shrubs must weep , The tender azure of the unruffled deep , The orange tints that gild the greenest bough , The torrents that from cliff to valley leap , The ...
... mountain moss by scorching skies imbrown'd , The sunken glen , whose sunless shrubs must weep , The tender azure of the unruffled deep , The orange tints that gild the greenest bough , The torrents that from cliff to valley leap , The ...
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... mountain air , And life , that bloated Ease can never hope to share . XXXI . More bleak to view the hills at length recede , And , less luxuriant , smoother vales extend : Immense horizon - bounded plains succeed ! Far as the eye ...
... mountain air , And life , that bloated Ease can never hope to share . XXXI . More bleak to view the hills at length recede , And , less luxuriant , smoother vales extend : Immense horizon - bounded plains succeed ! Far as the eye ...
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