"Sydney's" Letter to the King: And Other Correspondence, Connected with the Reported Exclusion of Lord Byron's Monument from Westminster AbbeyJ. Cawthorn, 1828 - 56 pages |
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4th September Adah Adah's love adore amid appeal arguments of Lucifer ashes aspirations Author Awake awful beautiful benevolence bosom breasts breath bright cause character of Cain CHILDE HAROLD Christian charity Civil and Religious corse COURIER Creator dare dead death Deity doubt the wisdom dust earth EDITOR enquire eternity faith feeling finite frailties free-men freedom future ages grave Greece hallow'd ground happy heart Heaven Hector's Honor of Lord honour Household gods humanity humble ill-regulated intolerance invoke kindled KING knowledge laurelled leave thee Letters of SYDNEY liberal manner lines living lofty spirit Lord Byron LORD BYRON'S Monument Lordship's Majesty MANFRED meek moral Morning Post mysteries ness noble passions peace Poet Poet's prayer prefigure religion remains of Genius repose rest reverence sacred scepticism Scotland seek Sept soul spirit of party sublime survive SYDNEY'S temper of mind temple things thou tion tomb unto vindicate virtuous liberty Westminster Abbey
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Page 26 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone ; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone.
Page 50 - But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
Page 27 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood ! Unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of Beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live ? The land of honourable death Is here. Up, to the field, and give Away thy breath ! Seek out (less often sought than found) A soldier's grave, for thee the best ! Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest ! PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
Page 34 - God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Page 26 - The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle ; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile. The hope, the fear, the jealous care, The exalted portion of the pain And power of love, I cannot share, But wear the chain. But 'tis not thus — and 'tis not here — Such thoughts should shake my soul, nor now, Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow.
Page 49 - As clay hath seldom borne; his aspirations Have been beyond the dwellers of the earth, And they have only taught him what we know — That knowledge is not happiness, and science But an exchange of ignorance for that Which is another kind of ignorance.
Page 50 - My mother Earth! And thou fresh breaking Day, and you, ye Mountains, Why are ye beautiful? I cannot love ye. And thou, the bright eye of the universe, That openest over all, and unto all Art a delight— thou shin'st not on my heart.
Page 27 - If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the Field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldiers grave, for thee the best; Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy Rest.