 I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may, and there is no other with whom it is worth contending.  Byron - Page 126by John Nichol - 1880 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Nichol - 1880 - 240 pages
...he says, at a later date, "has extinguished the glowworm ;" and again, " I despair of rivalling Xord Byron, as well I may ; and there is no other with...lightly set aside, nor are they unintelligible. Perhaps K those admirers of the clearer and more consistent nature, who exalt him to the rank of a greater... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 426 pages
...not only above, but far above, all the poets of the day — every word has the stamp of immortality. I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may,...there is no other with whom it is worth contending. This canto is in the style, but totally, and sustained with incredible ease and power, like the end... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 424 pages
...not only above, but far above, all the poets of the day — every word has the stamp of immortality. I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may,...there is no other with whom it is worth contending. This canto is in the style, but totally, and sustained with incredible ease and power, like the end... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Michael Rossetti - 1881 - 482 pages
...court is a very severe one, and I fear that the verdict will be Guilty — Death" (19th July 1821.) " I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may ;...there is no other with whom it is worth contending." (9th August 1821.) "How do I stand with regard to these two great objects of human pursuit [fame and... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1882 - 304 pages
...him not only above, but far above, all the poets of the day, every word has the stamp of immortality. I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may,...there is no other with whom it is worth contending. This canto is in the style, but totally, and sustained with incredible ease and power, like the end... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - 1886 - 218 pages
...court is a very severe one, and I fear that the verdict will be Guilty— Death:' (igth July 1821.) " I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may ;...there is no other with whom it is worth contending." (gth August 1821.) "How do I stand with regard to these two great objects of human pursuit [fame and... | |
 | Shelley Society - 1886 - 184 pages
...court is a very severe one, and I fear that the verdict will be Guilty — Death" (i9th July 1821.) " I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may ;...there is no other with whom it is worth contending." (9th August 1821.) "How do I stand with regard to these two great objects of human pursuit [fame and... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1886 - 616 pages
...aloud, Shelley was astonished and delighted ; every word seemed to him stamped with immortality. " I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may,...there is no other with whom it is worth contending." The marvellous ease and power of Byron's poetic style were acknowledged by Shelley ; nor did he find... | |
 | Félix Rabbe - 1888 - 330 pages
...not only above, but far above, all the poets of the day — every word has the stamp of immortality. I despair of rivalling Lord Byron — as well I may...there is no other with whom it is worth contending. This canto (5th) is totally in the style, and sustained with incredible ease and power, of the end... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1888 - 426 pages
...not only above, but far above, all the poets of the day — every word is stamped with immortality. I despair of rivalling Lord Byron, as well I may,...there is no other with whom it is worth contending. This canto is in the style, but totally, and sustained with incredible ease and power, like the end... | |
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