The Gloomy Egoist: Moods and Themes of Melancholy from Gray to Keats, Volume 65Examines the mood and themes of melancholy in literature and poetry from Gray to Keats. |
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Page 107
... elegiac stanza of which I know is Byron's poem on Newstead Abbey , which begins Newstead ! fast - falling , once - resplendent dome ! 43 It has in it little if anything of Gray . As for the diffused influence of the " Elegy " hinted at ...
... elegiac stanza of which I know is Byron's poem on Newstead Abbey , which begins Newstead ! fast - falling , once - resplendent dome ! 43 It has in it little if anything of Gray . As for the diffused influence of the " Elegy " hinted at ...
Page 115
... elegiac atmosphere has almost alto- gether evaporated . A minor stroke of genius in this ver- sion is the turning of Cuthullin's lament ( Book III ) over his defeat into elegiac stanza , with strong verbal reminis- cences of Gray . The ...
... elegiac atmosphere has almost alto- gether evaporated . A minor stroke of genius in this ver- sion is the turning of Cuthullin's lament ( Book III ) over his defeat into elegiac stanza , with strong verbal reminis- cences of Gray . The ...
Page 366
... Elegy , composed among the Tombs , " Poetical Magazine , II , 179 ff . The poem is in elegiac stanza and the first part frequently paraphrases Gray . Then there is a series of meditations on the possible inhabitants of individual tombs ...
... Elegy , composed among the Tombs , " Poetical Magazine , II , 179 ff . The poem is in elegiac stanza and the first part frequently paraphrases Gray . Then there is a series of meditations on the possible inhabitants of individual tombs ...
Contents
COMPOUNDED OF MANY SIMPLES | 1 |
INVOCATION TO MELANCHOLY | 39 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 91 |
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