Lord Byron [a poem] with remarks on his genius and characterOxford, 1831 - 59 pages |
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... Muse , Mars , Greece , and Freedom mourn . " H. H. JOY . I. GENIUS of Song ! who ever lov'st to fill The impassion'd hours of boyhood with the soul Of thine own presence , and whose sacred will Bows its high feelings as they fast unrol ...
... Muse , Mars , Greece , and Freedom mourn . " H. H. JOY . I. GENIUS of Song ! who ever lov'st to fill The impassion'd hours of boyhood with the soul Of thine own presence , and whose sacred will Bows its high feelings as they fast unrol ...
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... muse ; Blended in essence as in name with him , The mighty Son of verse , whom thou didst choose To wake the strings thy envied praise to hymn ; Oh ! let my touch his kindling warmth infuse ! These strains resound like voice of Cherubim ...
... muse ; Blended in essence as in name with him , The mighty Son of verse , whom thou didst choose To wake the strings thy envied praise to hymn ; Oh ! let my touch his kindling warmth infuse ! These strains resound like voice of Cherubim ...
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... muse alone , while vision's vistas shine , Is bliss ev'n saints might crave , with theirs to entertwine ! IX . And in such mood , as Fancy's glance will dart Across the fairy realms of poetry , Wishful to speak a tributary part , — What ...
... muse alone , while vision's vistas shine , Is bliss ev'n saints might crave , with theirs to entertwine ! IX . And in such mood , as Fancy's glance will dart Across the fairy realms of poetry , Wishful to speak a tributary part , — What ...
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... eddwy of us drunkengy Chehl sie the age of those acòs that told midd And the home range of sok muse miala The ' mind for or gonxher den the toona , wreath of praise . 45 phok Asim N XVII . True - Harold is no more ; the 6 LORD BYRON .
... eddwy of us drunkengy Chehl sie the age of those acòs that told midd And the home range of sok muse miala The ' mind for or gonxher den the toona , wreath of praise . 45 phok Asim N XVII . True - Harold is no more ; the 6 LORD BYRON .
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... muse remain , That expectation hangs not on the song , Now Byron's hand is cold , his rapturing lyre unstrung . XIX . The spirit of his poesy has fled And mingled one with nature ; -and ' tis when In meditative musing o'er the dead We ...
... muse remain , That expectation hangs not on the song , Now Byron's hand is cold , his rapturing lyre unstrung . XIX . The spirit of his poesy has fled And mingled one with nature ; -and ' tis when In meditative musing o'er the dead We ...
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Page 21 - 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! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page xi - ... its first plan ; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected ; whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his own.
Page 28 - Philosophy and science, and the springs Of wonder, and the wisdom of the world, I have essay'd, and in my mind there is A power to make these subject to itself — But they avail not...
Page 23 - Ye Elements, in whose ennobling stir I feel myself exalted, can ye not Accord me such a being ? Do I err In deeming such inhabit many a spot, Though with them to converse can rarely be our lot...
Page 28 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!
Page 26 - I shall here conclude, — that, through life, with all his faults, he never lost a friend; — that those about him in his youth, whether as companions, teachers, or servants, remained attached to him to the last; — that the woman, to whom he gave the love of his maturer years, idolizes his name; and that, with a single unhappy exception, scarce an instance is to be found of any one, once brought, however briefly, into relations of amity with him, that did not feel towards him a kind regard in...
Page 38 - Sky, mountains, river, winds, lake, lightnings ! ye, With night, and clouds, and thunder, and a soul To make these felt and feeling, well may be Things that have made me watchful ; the far roll Of your departing voices is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless, — if I rest. But where of ye, O tempests ! is the goal ? Are ye like those within the human breast ? Or do ye find, at length, like eagles, some high nest...
Page 31 - Every body is acquainted with the beneficent acts of his lordship, and none can cease to hail his name as that of a real benefactor. " Until, therefore, the final determination of the National Government be known, and by virtue of the powers with which it has been pleased to invest me, I hereby decree : 1st.
Page 32 - Clime of the unforgotten brave ! Whose land from plain to mountain-cave Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! can it be, That this is all remains of thee?
Page 32 - Was Freedom's home, or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! can it be That this is all remains of thee ? Approach, thou craven crouching slave : Say, is not this Thermopylae? These waters blue that round you lave, Oh, servile offspring of the free — Pronounce what sea, what shore is this? The gulf, the rock of Salamis ! These scenes, their story not unknown.