History of English Literature Volume 3 (of 3)

by Hippolyte Taine

[188]Byron's Works, X; "Lara," c. 2, st. 17-20, 60.

[189]Byron's Works, X; "Darkness," 283.

[190]Byron's Works, IV. 320; Letter to Mr. Murray, Ravenna, June 7, 1820.

[191]The angel of holy loves, the angel of the ocean, the choirs of happy spirits. See this at length in the "Martyrs."

[192]"Magna peccatrix." S. Lucæ. VII. 36: "Mulier Samaritana." S. Johannis, IV; "Maria Ægyptiaca" (Acta Sanctorum), etc.

[193]Goethe's "Faust," translated by Theodore Martin. Prologue in Heaven.

[194]Goethe sings:
"Wer ruft das Einzelne zur allgemeinen Weihe
Wo es in herrlichen Accorden schlägt?"

[195]Byron's Works, XI; "Manfred," II. 2, 32.

[196]Ibid.; "Manfred," III. 1, 56.

[197]Ibid.; "Manfred," II. 2, 35.