, 1881-04-16
our caiso t1ns no not,ccrtoA effort, Auch Nh yo,i
auKKcat should be 1nu1o. Youes vhry truly.
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BYRON.
ao,ne nesv Notes on tho Great EnRlista
Foot

Byron found tho EnRllsh people. sttsr
| their long and victorious struggle with rov.
olutlonRry France. fixed In 4 ayatetn of Us.
! tnbltshed facts aati ttoininant ldeas which re-
yoltol him. THO tncntal hnntlaao At the most
powerful part at tic nation, OF It's strong
middle clAss, Ia a narrow and fnlso sys-
tenl Ut this kind, IL what we call Drill
tsis {'tlstfn'sm. That bondage Is unbrt.
kcn h tlils hour, but In Dyron'e ttne It WA
evon far tnote dozen and dark than It Is now.
Byron was an artstoorat, and It Is not dim.
cult for an krstocrat to look on tho prej,l~
tlices and habits Ut the British fltlstine will,
skeptlclssn and, dlstain. Plenty OF young Iucn
of Ills own elnss Byron met Mt Allnack's Of Ut
Lady jerseys, who regarded tho o.
tablIahu,i tacts and reignln9 bsllefs OF
tho England Of that day with ~ llttle
ruverutce rs ho did. But these men, disbe~
llcvers III British 7istinistn In private, on
tered. English public life. the tnoAt convei,-
tlol,al III the world, and at onue they saluted
With respect tho habits and itlens Of British
flllstinlam as II thoy were part Of the order
OF creation, and as It In publlo no anne ,1ai1
would tlFtuk OF warning against thonl. With
Byron It was titfsront What lie oa!]ed tho
cant OF the great middle pNrt Of tho English
nation. what we call It's lillstints,a. ruvotted
him; but tic can't Ut his own class, tlctcrrtnY
to this fltistIntsin and prohtlng by It whila
they alsbslfevsd III It, royolted him oven
moro. "Como what may" aro his own
words. II witt never ftlttor tho Millions
cantInx III any shape" Ills class IN g1t,,r nj,
OH thu other hana. Shrugged their st,onld'ers
at tlIls cant, laugted Mt 1t, pAIldBred tu t,
aid ruled by It. The fnlsclloud, cynlolsm.
tnsolence. misgovorhment, oppression, with
tflulr consequent unfailLng orup Of ht,alan
misery, Which wore proI.leod by this ata to
Of things, . rouscd Byron to irrecol,-
cilablu revolt and battlA. They snado
;,im Indignant they !nfurlatsd him;
sy Hs5s So ss.Ss ss Aa % tss S'at s'ss
they Wero doo,lled. :" YoM have sesn every
sHt spsst S;t yyaSn sfy s s sonaaAt,s Sa ass t. '
after i9ls It stontl sintorlnus, with III tgnu-
ral!ce aGd misery bclow. its CANT, suIllsn.1ess,
a sasy sy'i,s ststi tai0S tS ill., G sss s stSs 1{a4
MY potlsics,", lie ..wsitas, "lnto mi utter ID.
test;nt'on 9f att existing goysrn,asrts." AMI
,l aEttn: "Glye ye s;. s.,s + repYolc. rho knx;
shed like water anI h.ars lika mist, but tho
ssps' 10 W S%t atesee u t!'S IT'S 'os
tho sort Of ltueEnI Peer to nluyo tho address
70 ihe gasrsy ai't! seft:SelIanees st Sf Br|tlsi,
mladlv.class Liberalism, and &, atapt llls
politics to suit 1t, Byron threw himself upon
ot ss ny SeS xa an a u md sf fS Wsp NJ tnpSi &
Atlas, and t.e Sensitive Plant; tiioy w9ro tho
4ptlol1ers OF tho 01d order, Charge ILL, md
Lord 0astlrreaxh, md The Duku of Wellins.
fa psrs Satsey T. s ga ar tsg wsfs wcr h9 sa s;s s
were Ills sneMics Rl.d lIa,seif.
. Such was Byrnn's personality, BY, which
"hHis different fft'sn tl!f tho tesL Of English
possd ali ,is ,ifs. says strs: Scl'sier. Lit u Us
distinguish. There y the Byron WHO posstl,
thers ls the Dyrun with Ills ntrrcsntioi and
] Sllllilcss. tle Byron whose weakness Lady
admiral il selzod: !" his Rrsat :lsisct Is ifip.
pnnry aha = tutat want ',sulf-pnssessiuli"
But when this theatl fpal md easlly-critlctsutl
pS1s"Sgs ps@ IL a RGt3pE fqy ssf !, e str sna ss
| ~ bucaMe an0tllot min; thon tho theatrical
took possessl9n Of nini nnd filled hlin;
ss st e tfue lust and eas nlxt f9t pntsoai.v n!S ,E
with rs direct; strokes, it's sysrswoliiiix
| fMrcc, lla snt[re; tts. energy, and Its nguny.
us + th' rss hygnn Moeyst stos 81 e
Ana III; real Dyrot! pay Wo!l 10 s'iperIor to
"aIssrtnt from all llio rest Of Ene!Iah poets,
e rns u Il n tns 'l ~ f"s fgntsye xe T. ss, sS sE s e i
nurt y; Ii, 10 far rs It Is tre ut hii Tint with
superb, gxtAnNtlnss enurgY ho maintained, rs
Prof. Ntnltol Wull suYs, "tle struggle tl,at
! Keeps al1ye. II y does not Rayc, TUG sunl"; in
10 @ lat nlalay as lla deserses tand ho does de.
saGdfU. ta'o n.y. iogiG pratse oI pr. SWlnDMIhs;
ahi., LG p,aG lot ng & &se.emsM n1 !'llnesssl.
avtS WY M uNec.G.Se wt9Ii GoseIa u! h!e oltnsea
aHa 0at.MeiEns, ali Aia ao1Htcts{ thoexccllaaace
VI sEneetlty nilo stTnnRtt'"
hns.ft ~ sc III Il' AZ ,:y..I ~ ny 9M"RE9
wis nii nssrav Tra,n in III has ~, HIKE nm. s
mt trnti I,s ram ts naat * tIe frt,r,. Il III
i,noIcnt liz rrjiuuss Ia Is chiId,H iri,,e. ma as
| II pt,ut, he has no lima aid nxnet snr,ss tnr
| word, aid structure, ard RHYTHM. liz ina
stot tic art1st's anttra lid siits, Yet a por.
s0nnllty of isyron'a fdrce cS"nts tor 30 ihuch
aonMts tor Tor 10 nl,,ch ' IN ltcratusi II nix sit K
WnNld b0 ,,l1st unjust to label Hyron. ns N.
Scilerer fa {(ismlsud 10 inbel iiGl, NJ rfIrtur.
| Ictan only. Alnltr with iis nstni,Iti,nr
powys aIai passinn, t,c' lad u stro,lw 1i ,.''ti
,losp ssiiss for wilasls Beautiful III Mature.
anI @ M svtferi,,w " Wen Ia war,,s m 1 ~ hia s w,,rH
wilpn ha js inautrcd. Nntnrs J lsraeIf