This should have been a noble creature: he Hath all the energy which would have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had they been wisely mingled; as it is, It is an awful chaos — light and darkness, And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts,... Essays and Reviews ... - Página 284por Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 360 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 344 páginas
...this tune All further colloquy — and so — farewell. [Exit MAXFKKD. Abbot. This should have been a noble creature : he Hath all the energy which would...And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts Mix'd, and contending without end or order, — All dormant or destructive : he will perish, And yet... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 340 páginas
...this time All further colloquy — and so — farewell. [Exit MANFBED. Abbot. This should have been a noble creature : he Hath all the energy which would...light and darkness, And mind and dust, and passions aud pure thoughts Mix'd, and contending without end or order, — All dormant or destructive : he will... | |
| 1874 - 526 páginas
...can apply to him those lines which the Abbot uses in speaking of Manfred : " This should have been a noble creature ; he Hath all the energy which would...it is, It is an awful chaos — light and darkness — Mixed and contending without end or order, All dormant or destructive." HTF THE LAKE. FROM LAMARTINE.... | |
| William Blake - 1915 - 104 páginas
...romantic theory, just as at his best he is the rich blossom of romantic practice. This should have been a noble creature : he Hath all the energy which would...And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts, Mix'd and contending without end or order, All dormant or destructive. He will perish, And yet he must... | |
| Julian Willis Abernethy - 1916 - 604 páginas
...his poetry, and in Manfred he unconsciously passed judgment upon both: — This should have been a noble creature: he Hath all the energy which would...is, It is an awful chaos — light and darkness, And wind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts Mix'd, and contending without end or order. PERCY BYSSHE... | |
| Thomas Ernest Rankin, Wilford Merton Aikin - 1917 - 490 páginas
...against Byron as a poet. His own lines in Manfred best sum up the man himself : This should have been a noble creature : he Hath all the energy which would...And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts Mix'd and contending without end or order. Shelley. — While Wordsworth and Scott were upholding the... | |
| Henry Sloane Coffin - 1918 - 240 páginas
...says of Manfred : — This should have been a noble creature : he Hath all the energy which should have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had...without end or order — All dormant or destructive. That describes the confusion in every life until the Spirit of God controls it. We have to think of... | |
| Henry Sloane Coffin - 1918 - 184 páginas
...Byron's poem says of Manfred: This should have been a noble creature: he Hath all the energy which should have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had...they been wisely mingled; as it is, It is an awful chaos—light and darkness, And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts, Mixed and contending... | |
| Arturo Farinelli - 1921 - 96 páginas
...Così — entro un caos di luce e di ombra, « an awful chaos », doveva agitarsi il suo Manfred, « and mind and dust — and passions and pure thoughts — mixed, and contending without end or order, — ali dormant or destructive ». Ogni festa byroniana passava all'orgia e matavasi in lutto. La tristezza... | |
| William Lee Richardson, Jesse M. Owen - 1922 - 544 páginas
...measure of Byron himself : "This should have been a noble creature : he Hath all the energy which should have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had...Mixed, and contending without end or order, All dormant and destructive." While we find in Byron's poetry little magic, or subtle beauty, or real artistry,... | |
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