The Republican journal., 1888-04-19

/ carried all England by STORM. anu RNfon Dc-
came the hero of the hour The highest and
nobest In the land We'd with each other in do
! ing him homage. 1t was during the height of
this popularity that he contracted his unfortu-
nate marriage with the only daughter of Sir
Ralph Millbank. How different might his life
have been if his affections had turned in some
other channel. This lady was cold >uprcmely
selfish. and entirely destitute of the slightest
appreciation of her husbands genius. She en-
ployed spies TO dog his footsteps, and annoyed
him in every possible way. ON one occasion
she directed one Of her servants to break into
his private desk and there found some letters
from married woman with whom he had been
intimate before his marriage. Lady Byron inn
mediately sent the letters to the womans hus-
band. Thus the matter went OH from bad to
worse until the separation year after their
marriage. Byron tried in every way to effect
settlement of the quarrel. Finding his efforts
futile, he finally penned his ''Fare Thee Well"
one Of the most touching poems in the Ian
guage. None but a heart of stone can read it
without being affected to tears. The pecrage
Of England, whom he had mortally offended by
tslouaHS lne cause OF hhefty, Immediately
took the ladyS part. A storm of abuse was
raised against him from every quarter. Here
is his own description of the battle he waged:
II once made a list from the journals of the
u'v ol 'hG u'lereht "orthles. ancient ana mod-
erh' 10 whom was compared. ! remember
eM'INeIu' Apitius. Eplc,ifus, tailguia. ileli-
og&balus. Henry the Eighth. and. All my
former friends, even my cousin. Geo. Byron,
who had been brought up with ne, and whom
| loved as brother. took my wife's part; he
lolio"eu ihe stleahi Wheh IL was strongest
against me, ana can never expect anything
from mes ne Shall never touch slNpente OF
mhe. ! was looked upon IL the worst OF nus
pa'us, the most abandoned ana wicked OF men.
anu III. we a> suhefliS angel. ah lhcarha-
llon OF all 'he virtues ana periectionS OF hcr
sex. i was abused III the pubic prints. made
the common tax OF private companies, hsSed
a. a. Went 70 the House oil L"rns' lnsnltta IN
tne >treet>, aiiaiu 10 go 10 the theatre whence
Tue untorihnalc mrs. MafdNn hat been driven
M WIN insult Inc Examiner was the only paper
thai "afeu 10 say word III my defence. ana
Lazy Jersey me ohiy person III the fashionable
"1.' "io uu hot loon upon me rs il monster
huef the circumstances bEfoh resolved to
quit England forever. The demon OF injustice
was drNihS llto eNlle man VINO was shedding
an lihPefiSlao'e i'istre upon .he name or Eng
.aho; I! H'orhlul,! ne shook the dust OF ms NJ
i've iand from ms ieet ana AGAIN took up MS
aboue III sunny ltaiy: FOR three years he re-
siueu III the Guy OF ehlce, ana mere he poured
10 doilh tnoSe Immortal songs, ihe Lament OF
lasSo' .te iuurtn on ca'io OF 'hllne liaroid, MAR
mo failcfo' l ne Wo oseafl beppo. MaIeppa.
ana thc hfst portion OF Don Juan. me malice
VI MS eheiilie> sun pursued i'li ana ms silshl-
Gsi elrolS were lii'Siiiieo INTO h'deons crimes
IT i y, !h'S ptriou tna' ne IS say 10 nave
plunge" mo me deepest dissipation. hhd
lt''e!' iooh at 'hIt nG''u'ilui lacc at th' hei'u
~ tlls 'Gticr, alu ,el' me- j. IL 'nc lace ol Il
vi iunN.," vi oeoai'hec' pl>slPalion SHOWS u
se'I win "herrhlS certainty upon me human
leaiufts. ~ requires ciear braln 70 write
su'n l'oe"i> 'S l!t '''oNe I'''iied. ihese leil
!I,Il lloIll MS pen WIN uiice'i,hS energy. 10
lhis "ll'' 'an"i 'il'nn tlese lac's ,tlone are
~, ~ "' ~ 'i"''o ms "e', as i"iSihtis
he irG oi ms GENUS was ilashlng through me
ol'.h eo''"H oi i,a,ite WIN Whlch nc was sur
ioun,eu' i'ls noo'e Pociil' Mahlreu' VIII ever
sta,'' y; oT ol t"G 'ioSt >unlihe ei'ofl> OF the
'u''n '.erv' ~ ll.a!.lc lll 'l> conception
ana eNecul'oh. NO ordinary surroundings
Wo,'ln nave answered lor surh character. II
va Ma> ons ,,,,ia 'nt n'Sn'y h,ps' tne Gieer anu
tne sn, aaa,a'che' ,, in,t cilirarter iihe Ma,-
- .t,' @ eou.l 'l'o1t .ne 'i.slc vi 'ne lansua.e
- Siunu anu so'e'i' a. tne lush"S s'.ni'c'>
~ sno Ainiin, !a>ses. NeI,ailIh no iau' '''ii
" ~ iounu " i.n 'l> mora ~ 'S ne "orhi'S oi
hr h;~ ;m,.lIantnai n,,a i,;nn;II, ' u' ,m .
intrepid PHILOSOPHY. In 1919. Byron removed
to Ravenna where he wrote his Prophecy of
Dante. Sardanapaus, Cain and Heaven and
Earth. From thence in 1921. he went to Pisa.
and here occurred the most discredit table cpl
sode of his career. Ii was III this place Thai ic
formed his liaison with the Countess Guccioli
which lasted until his death. For this breach
of morality no excuse can be offered. 1t was
simply the act of Il man who wished to show
ms dcIiihce OF society winch he >corne'i.
nat they were defotedlv attached to each 9TH
er there can he no question. 1t is equally GER
tain that she eXerted Il good influence over him
i'm other directions nj. crime was no worse
than thouSands arouul MS to-day occunvin~ ,
hi"h snc;al ,nsi,;an H., sh;nIi"'i ~, ~, i 1T
~" ~ so'i" posu,on' "u' shie'''c" ~ t'e ,, m's'i
aHu more iShope wee ol hypocrisy. lho>c
who cried out against him the loudc>t We're the
ones whose dark pedgreeS had been exposed
bv his mercileSs pen. Notwithstanding the
storm of abuse which lie encountered. the
popularity OF his writings continued undated.
The Giaour, the bride of Abydos. Corsair.
Lara. iarl>ina, and the Prisoner of Chlon.
are all among the masterpieces OF English liter
ature. The most withering of his satireS is the
Course of Minerva" This terrible poem was
leveled at Lord Elgin, who had despoiled the
Parthenon, or Temple of Minerva, of its choic-
est treasures. The poet is supposed to be
standing within its ruined and desecrated walls.
when the giant form of the offended goddess
strobe before him
"And Pallas hailed him in her own abodc"
A. frst sha nro,on,..s lar ,,, f,, o,,r.o q,
EnolanI when tba hard attamnt. to soothn
her hv siow;ng that if was tp n"t m Enslis sbman
who co,nn,ittaI th " dn.I - NV ''''
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,augnter oi " love IN hrltain .a @ INJURED name
Erown p"n" nnt Oh @ ee "Jen lin nat
Athena. no, thy nl,ndercr was n Scot" "''' '''''
,r,,:,
,,; HIS eAp.ahalloh , on! arouses 'he "ra'h Oh
M'"er'a' ana Siic cou'h''es:
MORTAL the blue eyed maid resumed, ''once more,
LEA, ISear pack my manda.e 10 my native shore
~ nougm .hlien, aaS tnis aenSeanse M syn I hc'
Hear then my IN oiinnne Paas pa strrn hhnsi st
Hear and believe, for time shall tel the rest.
First on the head of him who did the deed
My curse shall light,-on him and all his seed:
Without one spark of intellectual fire,
Ise s all tne sons as . senseiesS as the sire
nnr Tne WIN h va, ,c Pafeni f ;a%.a nlI"u seae
a. o. ." 80, y
Every enort was haue by the EhSiish "a af's-
tocraey 10 nave 1hls poem suppressed. Iheir
eIorts were useless anu us punl'eat,on Is >ali
10 nave nastened ,e' ine aeain OF l-oru Llsln; we