 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
 | Albert Brecknock - 1926 - 344 pages
...oppression. He agreed with the people of France in their desire for a republic, and he remarked : " There will be blood shed like water and tears like mist ; but the people will conquer in the end." His words came true, as history proves. CHAPTER XI BYRON'S MARRIAGE... | |
 | Guy Noel Pocock - 1926 - 290 pages
...ipecacuanha that the Bourbons are restored." " The King-times are fast finishing," he writes again; "there will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist. But the people will conquer in the end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it." I do not think his worship... | |
 | Emil Ludwig - 1927 - 376 pages
...deeper basis of their political views. This is the heavy surf of Byron which beats against our ears: "The king-times are fast finishing! there will be...like mist, but the peoples will conquer in the end." And after this biblical rhapsody, hear the French accent in Lassalle 's demagogy: "Well, now, gentlemen,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1973 - 508 pages
...he writes, "into an utter detestation of all existing governments.' And again: 'Give me a republic. The king-times are fast finishing; there will be blood...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it.' 10 Byron himself gave the preference, he tells us, to politicians and doers, far above writers and... | |
 | Malcolm Miles Kelsall - 1987 - 234 pages
...to England' . It is the period of Byron's involvement with the Carbonari in Italy, and the Hellenes: The king-times are fast finishing. There will be blood...the end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it.2 Byron's was not the prophecy of Cassandra. Revolution at home and abroad to many Britons seemed... | |
 | Anthony Arblaster - 1994 - 142 pages
...between the old order and 'the peoples', he sided in sentiment and active commitment with the latter: The king-times are fast finishing. There will be blood...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it. (p. 372) This broad and deep conception of democracy explains why Tocqueville's Democracy in America... | |
 | Andrew Rutherford - 1995 - 536 pages
...he writes, 'into an utter detestation of all existing governments.' And again: 'Give me a republic. The king-times are fast finishing; there will be blood...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.... | |
 | Carl Dawson, John Pfordresher - 1995 - 482 pages
...king-times are fast finishing,' his full and whole-hearted acceptance of the assured prospect that 'there will be blood shed like water and tears like mist, but the peoples will conquer in the end.' Mr. Arnold can scarcely, I should imagine, be readier than I to give all due credit and all possible... | |
 | Robert F. Gleckner, Robert Gleckner, Bernard G. Beatty - 1997 - 426 pages
...to England'. It is the period of Byron's involvement with the Carbonari in Italy, and the Hellenes: The king-times are fast finishing. There will be blood...end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it. 2 Byron's was not the prophecy of Cassandra. Revolution at home and abroad to many Britons seemed inevitable:... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1884 - 890 pages
...king-times are fast finishing," his full and whole-hearted acceptance of the assured prospect that " there will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist, but the peoples will conquer in the end." Mr. Arnold can scarcely, I should imagine, be readier than I to give all due credit and all possible... | |
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