The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals and His Life, Volume 15John Murray, 1847 |
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... Poet many curious various readings have been supplied . Two prose pieces , on the subject of Don Juan , one of which had not before been pub- lished , are also included in this Volume . In the notes to the shipwreck in Canto II . we ...
... Poet many curious various readings have been supplied . Two prose pieces , on the subject of Don Juan , one of which had not before been pub- lished , are also included in this Volume . In the notes to the shipwreck in Canto II . we ...
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... poetry was bad , I would have acquiesced ; but they say the contrary , and then talk to me about morality – the first time I ever heard the word from any body who was not a rascal that used it for a pur . pose . I maintain that it is ...
... poetry was bad , I would have acquiesced ; but they say the contrary , and then talk to me about morality – the first time I ever heard the word from any body who was not a rascal that used it for a pur . pose . I maintain that it is ...
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... Poet's own letters , with reference to this performance : - September 19. 1818 .- " I have finished the First Canto ... poetry , it would stand ; if not , fall ; the rest is leather and prunello , ' and has never yet affected any human ...
... Poet's own letters , with reference to this performance : - September 19. 1818 .- " I have finished the First Canto ... poetry , it would stand ; if not , fall ; the rest is leather and prunello , ' and has never yet affected any human ...
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... poetry was bad , I would have acquiesced ; but they say the contrary , and then talk to me about morality - the first time I ever heard the word from any body who was not a rascal that used it for a pur . pose . I maintain that it is ...
... poetry was bad , I would have acquiesced ; but they say the contrary , and then talk to me about morality - the first time I ever heard the word from any body who was not a rascal that used it for a pur . pose . I maintain that it is ...
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... Poet ; various , indeed not only of different authors , but of the same author at different seasons . Nor shall we gather only the Testimonies of such eminent Wits as would of course descend to posterity , and conse . quently be read ...
... Poet ; various , indeed not only of different authors , but of the same author at different seasons . Nor shall we gather only the Testimonies of such eminent Wits as would of course descend to posterity , and conse . quently be read ...
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Page 221 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 88 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 91 - But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task: A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy.
Page 88 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Page 321 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Page 329 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay.
Page 317 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?
Page 316 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 276 - They are right; for man, to man so oft unjust, Is always so to women; one sole bond Awaits them, treachery is all their trust; Taught to conceal, their bursting hearts despond Over their idol, till some wealthier lust Buys them in marriage — and what rests beyond? A thankless husband, next a faithless lover, Then dressing, nursing, praying, and all's over.
Page 327 - tis the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria ! may our spirits dare Look up to thine and to thy Son's above ! Ave Maria ! oh that face so fair ! Those downcast eyes beneath the Almighty dove — What though 'tis but a pictured image strike, That painting is no idol, — 'tis too like.