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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPISTLE TO LORD BYRON: VIRTUE PROTESTS, by JOSEPH COTTLE First Line: From thy compeers in genius wisely learn Last Line: To know that I shall ever reach the height! Subject(s): Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824); Genius; Poetry & Poets; Virtue; Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron | |||
FROM thy compeers in genius wisely learn: From which of Southey's lines must virtue turn? {Who, bold with Hell's vicegerents war to wage, Brands the "Satanic school" to every age; His visitings, Herculean, chief descending Upon the "Head and front of the offending.") Which verse shall Wordsworth ever blush to own? Or Coleridge? spirit still of height unknown. What tongue of Scotland's regal bard shall say, Poison with pleasure mingles in his lay? When shall Montgomery baneful lines bewail? Or Crabbe? who haunts us like a nursery tale; Bowles? Rogers? Barton? rich in Nature's store; Or Campbell? would that I could add, or Moore! STILL I toil. How long and steep and cheerless the ascent! It needs the evidence of close deduction To know that I shall ever reach the height! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL VERSES by MATTHEW ARNOLD FAREWELL TO HIS WIFE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON BYRON by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER A PICTURE AT NEWSTEAD by MATTHEW ARNOLD OFF MESOLONGI by ALFRED AUSTIN LAST DAYS OF BYRON by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE SEA REPLIES TO BYRON by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON IRREGULAR ODE, ON THE DEATH OF LORD BYRON by CALEB C. COLTON THE AFFECTIONATE HEART by JOSEPH COTTLE |
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