A Selection from the Works of Lord ByronEdward Moxon & Company, 1866 - 244 pages |
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Page xi
... beauty . In the minds of medieval poets there was no width or depth to receive and contain such emo- tion . In Spenser , despite his fertile and fluent inge- nuity , his subtle and sleepy graces , the effeminacy of colour no less than ...
... beauty . In the minds of medieval poets there was no width or depth to receive and contain such emo- tion . In Spenser , despite his fertile and fluent inge- nuity , his subtle and sleepy graces , the effeminacy of colour no less than ...
Page xi
... beauty . In the minds of medieval poets there was no width or depth to receive and contain such emo- tion . In Spenser , despite his fertile and fluent inge- nuity , his subtle and sleepy graces , the effeminacy of colour no less than ...
... beauty . In the minds of medieval poets there was no width or depth to receive and contain such emo- tion . In Spenser , despite his fertile and fluent inge- nuity , his subtle and sleepy graces , the effeminacy of colour no less than ...
Page xii
... beauty of women . This outward and indifferent nature of things , cruel in the eyes of all but her lovers , and even in theirs not loving , became as pliant to their grasp and embrace as any Clymene or Leucothea to Apollo's . To them ...
... beauty of women . This outward and indifferent nature of things , cruel in the eyes of all but her lovers , and even in theirs not loving , became as pliant to their grasp and embrace as any Clymene or Leucothea to Apollo's . To them ...
Page xxii
... beauty and the bitterness of verse , which raise it beyond comparison with any other satire . There is enough and too much of violence and injustice in the lines on Southey ; but it must be remembered that he was the first to strike ...
... beauty and the bitterness of verse , which raise it beyond comparison with any other satire . There is enough and too much of violence and injustice in the lines on Southey ; but it must be remembered that he was the first to strike ...
Page xxiv
... beauty and of force as the sculptured foot or hand when , reunited to the perfect body , they resume their place and office among its vital and various limbs . This gift of life and variety is the supreme quality of Byron's chief poem ...
... beauty and of force as the sculptured foot or hand when , reunited to the perfect body , they resume their place and office among its vital and various limbs . This gift of life and variety is the supreme quality of Byron's chief poem ...
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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