...no means uncommon among the insane. In ( 'bilde Harold, Byron, no doubt, refers to his own case. " I have thought Too long and darkly, till my brain became, In its own eddy boiling and o'er wrought, A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame ; And thus untaught in youth my heart to tame,...

...one of his heroes, has revealed the secret of the waywardness of his own life, when he exclaims : " And thus untaught in youth my heart to tame, My springs of life were poisoned." And here comes in the nameless power of woman over our mental and moral destiny. She stands at the...

...though to none else, a not ungrateful theme." After a good deal more in the same strain, he proceeds, " Yet must I think less wildly : — I have thought...in youth my heart to tame, My springs of life were poison'd." — " Something too much of this : — but now 'tis past, And the spell closes with its...

...thy spirit, blended with thy birth, And feeling slill wilh thee in my crush'd feelings' dearth. VII. Yet must I think less wildly :— I have thought Too...thus, untaught in youth my heart to tame, My springs oflife were poison'd. 'T is loo late! Yet am 1 changed; though slill enough tliesame In strength to...

...blended with thy birth, And feeling still with thee in my crush'd feelings' dearth VII. Yet must I (hink x H poisonM. 'T is loo late ! Yet am I changed ; though still enough the same In strength to bear what...

...their cousin — the war of Naples imminent — the cards are once more in my hands ! " CHAPTER XI. " I have thought Too long and darkly, till my brain...o'erwrought, A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame." BTRON. MINGLING with the first group of revellers whom he encountered, Paolo learned that Caesar's...

...feeling still with thee in my crush'd feelings' dearth. vn. Yet must I think less wildly : — I hart orge Gordon Byron Byron poison 'd. 'T Is too late ! Tet am I changed ; though still enough the same _ In strength to bear what...

...union with wit and imagination ; the reaction from those modes, when, to use his own words, " His mind became, In its own eddy, boiling and o'erwrought, A whirling gulf of fantasy and flame." We do not wish to dwell on these foul blots on Byron's fame, or to penetrate into...

...thy spirit, blended with thy birth, And feeling still with thee in my crush'd feelings' dearth. VII. Yet must I think less wildly : — I have thought...in youth my heart to tame, My springs of life were poison'd. 'T is too late ! Yet am I changed ; though still enough the same In strength to bear what...

...pearls. Young life spent in self-neglect will bring self-reproach in later years. Then you will cry, " Untaught in youth my heart to tame, My springs of life were poisoned." .spend your early years in frivolous pleasures, and at your tomb it shall be said of you, " Her life...