...being that which I am — and thou art — Of spirits and of men. Cain. And what is that ? Lucifer. Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who...— he cannot unmake : We are immortal ! — nay, he '&. have us so, That he may torture : let him ! He is great — But, in his greatness, is no happier...

...being that which I am, — and thou art — Of spirits and of men. Cain. And what is that? Lucifer. 2 — 141 But, if he made us, he cannot unmake : We are immortal I — nay, he'd/KJi»eusso, That he...

...being that which I am — and thou art — Of spirits and of men. Cain. And what is that ? Lucifer. Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who...he has made, As he saith — which I know not, nor helieve — But, if he made us — he cannot unmake: We are immortal! — nay, he M have us so, That...

...unsterblich und bin unermüdlich ! " We find all these elements in the following passage from Cain: 'Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who...good! If he has made, As he saith — which I know not — or believe — But, if he made us — he cannot unmake : We are immortal ! — nay, he'd have us...

...lecturer whom the poet dressed up as his satanic hero? His words are striking, when he talks about Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who...tyrant in His everlasting face, and tell Him that His eril is not good I We all pass through a Byron phase — even those of us who have not read a line...

...and fields and sky. The suggestion of such an action is a tremendous challenge to vigorous souls that "Dare look the omnipotent tyrant in his everlasting face, And tell him that his evil is not good." They put the slug-horn to their lips, they sing, they whistle, they cry : "Speed, fight on, fare ever...

...being that which I am — and thou art— Of spirits and of men. CAIN. And what is that? •LuciFER. Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who...us — He cannot unmake; We are immortal ! — nay, He'd have us so, That He may torture: — let Him. He is great— But, in His greatness, no happier...

...murderer, is pictured as an heroic rebel against the tyranny of God. He is one of those "Souls who dare to look the Omnipotent tyrant in His everlasting face, and tell him that His evil is not good." Byron has been called the chief example of the " Satanic School of Poetry." " The Prisoner of Chillon."...

...and Prometheus are not passive sufferers like Job but souls as quick and fiery as Byron's Lucifer: Souls who dare use their immortality— Souls who...everlasting face, and tell him that His evil is not good. Very well, urge this: urge it with all your might. All the while you will be doing just what I desire...

...the Ravenna period (1819-1821), Byron attempts to make Cain a great figure of revolt, one of those Souls who dare use their immortality, Souls who dare...everlasting face, and tell him that His evil is not good! But this desperate gesture of intellectual courage is made with a consciousness of its futility. Altho...