Word: byron
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Soon after a pale, thin man, who rolled his eyes and wore a Byron collar and long wavy hair, came in. He was a Poet, and brought an ode on "The Humanity of Nature." He hoped that the new paper would give much attention to poetry...
Charles attempts to quote his Byron...
...PERRY'S lecture on Tuesday was on Wordsworth. His next lecture, which will be the last, will be on Byron...
...thus depriving us of man's peculiar distinction, - the knowledge of good and evil. Some books may have been put under restriction rather hastily. Walt Whitman was in disgrace, though, to our minds, reading his verses, if a crime, is in itself sufficient penance; and Swinburne was forbidden, while Byron was not. But the list of restricted books has been carefully revised, and the number upon it is now almost ludicrously small. Some may think that they should be permitted to read even these few, and we doubt not that upon presenting good reasons to the Librarian they will...
...first column of Monthly Musings is aptly headed "The Muse." It consists in selections from Byron and Shelley. There are also Musings on Aristotle, and on Campbell's poetry; also, there is an article entitled "A Summer Reverie," consisting of judicious clippings from Wordsworth. After this, it is needless to say that native genius is not called much into requisition, as far as poetry goes...