George Gordon Byron: Citáty anglicky (strana 4)
George Gordon Byron byl anglický básník a vůdčí postava hnutí romantismu. Citáty anglicky.
Canto I, Stanza 6; this can be compared to: "The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love", Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy I. 3, line 16; also: "Oh, could you view the melody / Of every grace / And music of her face", Richard Lovelace, Orpheus to Beasts; "There is music in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument", Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, Part ii, Section ix.
The Bride of Abydos (1813)
“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”
Inscription on the monument of a Newfoundland dog (1808).
“Fare thee well, and if for ever
Still for ever fare thee well.”
Fare Thee Well http://readytogoebooks.com/LB-FTW46.htm, st. 1 (1816).
Kontext: Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever, fare thee well:
Even though unforgiving, never
'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel.
“I'll publish right or wrong:
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.”
Zdroj: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 5.
“For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast.”
The Destruction of Sennacherib, st. 3.
Hebrew Melodies (1815)
Zdroj: Selected Poems