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... whole romance of Childe Ha- rold , the composition of which was begun in 1809 , and ended in 1818 . The propriety of the course we have on this occasion adopted must , however , be quite obvious . Commenced before , perhaps , the ...
... whole romance of Childe Ha- rold , the composition of which was begun in 1809 , and ended in 1818 . The propriety of the course we have on this occasion adopted must , however , be quite obvious . Commenced before , perhaps , the ...
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... whole , this Poem is , undoubtedly , the most original and feli- citous of all Lord Byron's serious efforts . It opens the first specimen of an absolutely new species of composition ; - perhaps the only such specimen that European ...
... whole , this Poem is , undoubtedly , the most original and feli- citous of all Lord Byron's serious efforts . It opens the first specimen of an absolutely new species of composition ; - perhaps the only such specimen that European ...
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... whole of this poem was written in the Levant . - The stanza of Spenser , according to one of our most successful poets , admits of every variety . Dr. Beattie makes the following observation : " Not long ago I began a poem- in the style ...
... whole of this poem was written in the Levant . - The stanza of Spenser , according to one of our most successful poets , admits of every variety . Dr. Beattie makes the following observation : " Not long ago I began a poem- in the style ...
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... whole week forbore To question aught , once more with transport leapt , And bit his devilish quill agen , and swore With foe such treaty never should be kept , Then burst the blatant beast , and roar'd , and raged , and - slept ...
... whole week forbore To question aught , once more with transport leapt , And bit his devilish quill agen , and swore With foe such treaty never should be kept , Then burst the blatant beast , and roar'd , and raged , and - slept ...
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... whole peninsula by the Moors . The Spaniards , in detestation of Florinda's memory , are said by Cervantes never to bestow that name upon any human female , reserving it especially for their dogs . " SIR WALTER SCOTT . ] - VOL . VIII ...
... whole peninsula by the Moors . The Spaniards , in detestation of Florinda's memory , are said by Cervantes never to bestow that name upon any human female , reserving it especially for their dogs . " SIR WALTER SCOTT . ] - VOL . VIII ...
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Page 267 - twas a pleasing fear; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane, — as I do here.
Page 144 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Page 249 - I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him! — He is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 205 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 142 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 77 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress ! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flattered, followed, sought and sued ; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!
Page 144 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 143 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 174 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder...
Page 165 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...