Byron: His Achievement and SignificanceGrian-Aig Press, 1976 - 120 pages |
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... thought , vacuity . - This school's adolescent enthusiasm for Keats and Shelley blinded them to the tougher , earthier , stronger genius of Byron . All Swinburne , for example , could allow him were ' sincerity ' and ' strength ...
... thought , vacuity . - This school's adolescent enthusiasm for Keats and Shelley blinded them to the tougher , earthier , stronger genius of Byron . All Swinburne , for example , could allow him were ' sincerity ' and ' strength ...
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... thought Too long and darkly , till my brain became In its own eddy boiling and o'erwrought , A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame ; And thus , untaught in youth my heart to tame , My springs of life were poison'd . ' Tis too late ! Yet ...
... thought Too long and darkly , till my brain became In its own eddy boiling and o'erwrought , A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame ; And thus , untaught in youth my heart to tame , My springs of life were poison'd . ' Tis too late ! Yet ...
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... thought of beauty , here extend Mingling , and made by Love , unto one mighty end .... Egeria ! sweet creation of some heart Which found no mortal resting - place so fair As thine ideal breast : whate'er thou art Or wert -- a young ...
... thought of beauty , here extend Mingling , and made by Love , unto one mighty end .... Egeria ! sweet creation of some heart Which found no mortal resting - place so fair As thine ideal breast : whate'er thou art Or wert -- a young ...
Contents
Hours of Idleness | 1 |
The Satirist in Embryo | 7 |
After Childe Harold | 17 |
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