Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page vi
... souls that not only at times his sentiments were evidently put on and worn for effect , but also not infrequently he himself did not know his own real sentiments , but was the dupe of his own imaginings . Nevertheless it is important to ...
... souls that not only at times his sentiments were evidently put on and worn for effect , but also not infrequently he himself did not know his own real sentiments , but was the dupe of his own imaginings . Nevertheless it is important to ...
Page vii
... soul Had felt him like the thunder's roll . With shivering 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 ...
... soul Had felt him like the thunder's roll . With shivering 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 ...
Page ix
... soul in revolt . Then there is Byron's suspiciousness and distrust , the re- current feeling that every one's hand was against him . There is his melancholy and his moodiness and his love of solitude . There is his improvident extrava ...
... soul in revolt . Then there is Byron's suspiciousness and distrust , the re- current feeling that every one's hand was against him . There is his melancholy and his moodiness and his love of solitude . There is his improvident extrava ...
Page xxiv
... soul is a ' grand peut - être ' —but still it is a grand one . Everybody clings to it , -- the stupidest and dullest and wickedest of human bipeds is still persuaded that he is immortal . " And again , in his " Detached Thoughts ...
... soul is a ' grand peut - être ' —but still it is a grand one . Everybody clings to it , -- the stupidest and dullest and wickedest of human bipeds is still persuaded that he is immortal . " And again , in his " Detached Thoughts ...
Page xxxv
... Soul , and has no more to do with the every - day individual than the inspiration with the Pythoness when removed from her tripod . " he holds , should be creative and Promethean . " For what is poesy but to create From overfeeling good ...
... Soul , and has no more to do with the every - day individual than the inspiration with the Pythoness when removed from her tripod . " he holds , should be creative and Promethean . " For what is poesy but to create From overfeeling good ...
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