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... poet had ever before at- tained , but after a long succession of painful and comparatively neglected efforts . Those who wish to analyse with critical ac- curacy the progress of Lord Byron in his art , must , of course , interpose their ...
... poet had ever before at- tained , but after a long succession of painful and comparatively neglected efforts . Those who wish to analyse with critical ac- curacy the progress of Lord Byron in his art , must , of course , interpose their ...
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... Poet's readers . One , and the most important , in order to avoid re- petitions on the margin , we mention once for all here in the first draught of the opening Cantos , the hero is uniformly " Childe Burun . " Some splendid fragments ...
... Poet's readers . One , and the most important , in order to avoid re- petitions on the margin , we mention once for all here in the first draught of the opening Cantos , the hero is uniformly " Childe Burun . " Some splendid fragments ...
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... poets , admits of every variety . Dr. Beattie makes the following observation : " Not long ago I began a poem- in the style and stanza of Spenser , in which I propose to give full scope to my inclination , and be either droll or ...
... poets , admits of every variety . Dr. Beattie makes the following observation : " Not long ago I began a poem- in the style and stanza of Spenser , in which I propose to give full scope to my inclination , and be either droll or ...
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... poetic inspiration : we drank deep , too , of the spring ; but- ( I can answer for myself ) —without feeling sensible of any extraor . dinary effect . " - E ] II . ܐ܂ Whilome in Albion's isle there dwelt a CANTO THE FIRST -
... poetic inspiration : we drank deep , too , of the spring ; but- ( I can answer for myself ) —without feeling sensible of any extraor . dinary effect . " - E ] II . ܐ܂ Whilome in Albion's isle there dwelt a CANTO THE FIRST -
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... poet , in a letter to his mother ; " I like him , because , like myself , he seems a friendless animal . " - -E ] ( 2 ) [ Seeing that the boy was " sorrowful " at the separation from his parents , Lord Byron , on reaching Gibraltar ...
... poet , in a letter to his mother ; " I like him , because , like myself , he seems a friendless animal . " - -E ] ( 2 ) [ Seeing that the boy was " sorrowful " at the separation from his parents , Lord Byron , on reaching Gibraltar ...
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Albanians Ali Pacha amongst ancient Ariosto Athens beauty behold beneath blood Boccaccio bosom breast breath brow Cæsar called Canto charms Childe Harold CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE church Cicero Constantinople dark death deem'd deep doth dust earth Egeria fair fame feel Ficus Ruminalis Florence foes French gaze glory gondoliers Greece Greek hand hath heart Heaven hills Historical Notes Hobhouse honour hope hour immortal Italian Italy Julius Cæsar lake land less light Lord Byron maid mind mortal mountains ne'er never o'er once Pacha palace pass passion Petrarch plain poet Pouqueville rock Roman Rome ruins says scene seems seen shore sigh smile song soul spirit spot Stanza Tasso tears temple thee thine things thou thought tomb traveller triumph Turks valley Venetians Venice VIII walls waves wild woes wolf words
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Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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!
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...