A Selection from the Works of Lord ByronEdward Moxon & Company, 1866 - 244 pages |
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Page ix
... bear dissec- tion or extraction . The merit of " Don Juan " does not lie in any part , but in the whole . There is in that great poem an especial and exquisite balance and sustenance of alternate tones which cannot be expressed or ...
... bear dissec- tion or extraction . The merit of " Don Juan " does not lie in any part , but in the whole . There is in that great poem an especial and exquisite balance and sustenance of alternate tones which cannot be expressed or ...
Page xi
... bear dissec- tion or extraction . The merit of " Don Juan " does not lie in any part , but in the whole . There is in that great poem an especial and exquisite balance and sustenance of alternate tones which cannot be expressed or ...
... bear dissec- tion or extraction . The merit of " Don Juan " does not lie in any part , but in the whole . There is in that great poem an especial and exquisite balance and sustenance of alternate tones which cannot be expressed or ...
Page xvi
... bear to be torn out from the text ; and this one suffers by extrac- tion . The other three cantos are more loosely built and less compact of fabric ; but in the first two there is little to remember or to praise . Much of the poem is ...
... bear to be torn out from the text ; and this one suffers by extrac- tion . The other three cantos are more loosely built and less compact of fabric ; but in the first two there is little to remember or to praise . Much of the poem is ...
Page xx
... bears here only forced flowers and crude fruits : * but the ottava rima Byron has fairly conquered and wrested from them . Before the appearance of " Beppo , " no one could fore- see what a master's hand might make of the instru- ment ...
... bears here only forced flowers and crude fruits : * but the ottava rima Byron has fairly conquered and wrested from them . Before the appearance of " Beppo , " no one could fore- see what a master's hand might make of the instru- ment ...
Page xxi
... bears about it at first sight no great sign or likelihood of life . But this poem which we have by us stands alone , not in Byron's work only , but in the work of the world . Satire in earlier times had changed her rags for robes ...
... bears about it at first sight no great sign or likelihood of life . But this poem which we have by us stands alone , not in Byron's work only , but in the work of the world . Satire in earlier times had changed her rags for robes ...
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AHOLIBAMAH AMBRACIAN GULF Anah angels appear'd Asmodeus beauty behold beneath blood breast breath brow Byron chain CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE clay clime clouds damn'd dark dead death deep Don Juan dream dust earth EDWARD MOXON EPISTLE TO AUGUSTA eternal eyes face fair father feel flowers foam gazed GIAOUR glory gone grave grew Haidée hand hath heart heaven hell hope hour human clay immortal Japh knew less light live look look'd Michael Molière mortal mountains ne'er never night o'er ocean once pass'd passion Pedrillo perish'd poem poets praise round Saint Peter SAME.-CANTO Samian wine Satan seem'd shore sigh silent skies sleep son of Noah soul spirit STANZAS stars sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought turn'd Twas verse voice walls waters wave weep wind wings young