 Poetic souls delight in prose insane; And Christmas stories tortured into rhyme Contain the essence of the true sublime. Thus, when he tells the tale of Betty Foy, The idiot mother of an idiot boy...  Poetical Works - Page 22by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 74 pages
...like a traveller bold, " The cock did crow to-whoo, to-whoo, " And the sun did shine so cold, &c. &c." So close on each pathetic part he dwells, And each...the hero of the story. Shall gentle COLERIDGE pass unnotic'd here, To turgid ode, and tumid stanza dear ? 140 Though themes of innocence amuse him best,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 108 pages
...double." A moon-struck silly lad who lost his way, And, like his bard, confounded night with day*, So close on each pathetic part he dwells, And each adventure so sublimely tells, s That all who view the " idiot in his glory," Conceive the Bard the hero of the story. Shall gentle... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1810 - 102 pages
...double." A moon-struck silly lad who lost his way, And, like his bard, confounded night with day*, So close on each pathetic part he dwells, And each...unnoticed here, To turgid ode, and tumid stanza dear ? 250 Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet still obscurity's a welcome guest. * Wr. W. in... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 110 pages
...double." C2 A moon-struck silly lad who lost his way, And, like his bard, confounded night with day*, So close on each pathetic part he dwells, And each...pass unnoticed here, To turgid ode, and tumid stanza clear ? 250 Though themes of innocence amuse him besi> Yet still obscurity's a welcome guest. * Mr.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 106 pages
...double." A moon-struck silly lad who lost his way, And, like his bard, confounded night with day*, So close on each pathetic part he dwells, And each...story. Shall gentle COLERIDGE pass unnoticed here, ti. fas. To turgid ode, and tumid stanza dear ? 250 Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...Boy; » A moon-struck silly lad who lost his way , And, like his bard, confounded night with day *, So close on each pathetic part he dwells, And each...tells , -That all who view the « idiot in his glory, ii Conceive the Bard the hero of the story. Shall gentle COLERIDGE pass unnoticed here, To turgid ode,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...idiot boy;" A moon-struck silly lad who lost his way, And, like his bard, confounded night with day,* So close on each pathetic part he dwells, And each...the hero of the story. Shall gentle COLERIDGE pass unnotic'd here, To turgid ode, and tumid stanza dear? Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet... | |
 | 1820 - 562 pages
...merely prose, Convincing all by demonstration plain, Poetic souls delight in prose insane.' * * * ' Shall gentle COLERIDGE pass unnoticed here, To turgid ode, and tumid stanza dear : ' • — None in lofty numbers can surpass The Bard who soars to eulogize an ass. How well the subject... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 156 pages
...Boy » ; A moon-struck silly lad who lost his way , And, like his bard , confounded night with day , So close on each pathetic part he dwells , And each...in his glory » , Conceive the Bard the hero of the stôry. Shall gentle COLERIDGE pass unnotic'd here , To turgid ode , and tumid stanza dear ? Though... | |
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