I am afraid of the
experiment with the great poet himself.
experiment with the great poet himself.
Byron
of Southey's Preface, Byron's
"Appendix" to the _Two Foscari_, etc. , see _Essays Moral and Political_,
by Robert Southey, 1832, ii. 183, 205. See, too, for "Quarrel between
Byron and Southey," Appendix I. of vol. vi. of _Letters of Lord Byron,_
1901.
* * * * *
NOTE.
The following excerpt from H. C. Robinson's _Diary_ is printed from the
original MS. , with the kind permission of the trustees of Dr. Williams'
Theological Library (see "Diary," 1869, ii. 437):--
"[Weimar], August 15, [1829].
"W[ordsworth] will not put the nose of B[yron] out with Frau von
Goethe, but he will be appreciated by her.
I am afraid of the
experiment with the great poet himself. . . .
" . . . I alone to the poet. . . .
"I read to him the _Vision of Judgment_. He enjoyed it like a
child; but his criticisms went little beyond the exclamatory 'Toll!
Ganz grob! himmlisch! unubertrefflich!
"Appendix" to the _Two Foscari_, etc. , see _Essays Moral and Political_,
by Robert Southey, 1832, ii. 183, 205. See, too, for "Quarrel between
Byron and Southey," Appendix I. of vol. vi. of _Letters of Lord Byron,_
1901.
* * * * *
NOTE.
The following excerpt from H. C. Robinson's _Diary_ is printed from the
original MS. , with the kind permission of the trustees of Dr. Williams'
Theological Library (see "Diary," 1869, ii. 437):--
"[Weimar], August 15, [1829].
"W[ordsworth] will not put the nose of B[yron] out with Frau von
Goethe, but he will be appreciated by her.
I am afraid of the
experiment with the great poet himself. . . .
" . . . I alone to the poet. . . .
"I read to him the _Vision of Judgment_. He enjoyed it like a
child; but his criticisms went little beyond the exclamatory 'Toll!
Ganz grob! himmlisch! unubertrefflich!
