 Not long ago I began a poem in the style and stanza of Spenser, in which I propose to give full scope to my inclination, and be either droll or pathetic, descriptive or sentimental, tender or satirical, as the humour strikes me; for, if I mistake not,...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 563edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...Spenser, in which I propose to give full scope to my inclination, and be either droll or pathetic, descriptive or sentimental, tender or satirical, as...the humour strikes me; for, if I mistake not, the measure which I have adopted admits equally of all these kinds of composition.' Strengthened in my... | |
 | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - 2004 - 400 pages
...Spenser, in which I propose to give full scope to my inclination, and be either droll or pathetic, descriptive or sentimental, tender or satirical, as...the humour strikes me; for, if I mistake not, the measure which I have adopted admits equally of all these kinds of composition.' — Strengthened in... | |
 | 330 pages
...Spenser, in which I propose to give full scope to my inclination, and be either droll or pathetic, descriptive or sentimental, tender or satirical, as...the humour strikes me; for, if I mistake not, the measure which I have adopted admits equally of all these kinds of composition1.' — Strengthened in... | |
 | #Lord Byron - 1818 - 190 pages
...descriptive or sentimental, tender or satirical, as the humour strikes me; for, if I mistake not, the measure which I have adopted admits equally of all these kinds of composition'. — Strengthened in my opinion by such authority, and by the example of some in the highest order of... | |
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