 The king-times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist ; but the peoples will conquer in the end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it.  Life of Lord Byron - Page 156by Roden Noel - 1890 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 404 pages
...writes, ' into an utter detestation of all existing governments.' And again : ' Give me a republic. The king-times are fast finishing ; there will be...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it.' Byron himself gave the preference, he tells us, to politicians and doers, far above writers and singers.... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1905 - 354 pages
...writes, 'into an utter detestation of all existing governments.' And again : ' Give me a republic. The king-times are fast finishing ; there will be...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it.' Byron himself gave the preference, he tells us, to politicians and doers, far above writers and singers.... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1905 - 374 pages
...writes, 'into an utter detestation of all existing governments.' And again : ' Give me a republic. The king-times are fast finishing ; there will be...and tears like mist, but the peoples will conquer ,-v '-.,'' in the end. I shall not live to see it, but I fore- 1 ^ see it.' Byron himself gave the... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1906 - 510 pages
...ignorance was a tender shoot indeed. Once (1896) the words of Byron were quoted to him : ' Blood will be shed like water, and tears like mist, but the peoples...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it.' He broke into sharp laughter and exclaimed : ' I hope to God the peoples never will conquer ! ' He... | |
 | Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - 1908 - 616 pages
...been chief of the Mericani at Ravenna, was still an agitator of the liberal cause. He had written : " The king-times are fast finishing! there will be blood...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it." Such declarations and the enthusiasm he stirred up among the common people soon set the police of Pisa... | |
 | Helen Rossetti Angeli - 1911 - 436 pages
...seems positive— let it be so — they will be beaten in the end. The king-times are fast vanishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it." Byron was not deceived in his prophecies, either in the optimism of the finale, or the tragedy of events... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1912 - 250 pages
...sake of the principles in which he believed. The words of Byron's political creed have a noble ring: "The king-times are fast finishing. There will be...the end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee if." The broader philosophical satire on humanity in which he was more and more inclined to indulge... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1912 - 254 pages
...principles in which he believed. The words of Byron's political creed have a noble ring: "The king- times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it." The broader philosophical satire on humanity in which he was more and more inclined to indulge as he... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1912 - 244 pages
...principles in which he believed. The words of Byron's political creed have a noble ring: "The king- times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it. " The broader philosophical satire on humanity in which he was more and more inclined to indulge as... | |
 | Walter Swain Hinchman - 1915 - 488 pages
...cried, Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven ! — Byron wrote, " The king-times are fast finishing ! There will be...like mist, but the peoples will conquer in the end ; " — Coleridge planned an ideal community, to be founded in America; — and Shelley dreamed of... | |
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