Student 3: Lord
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)
was as famous in his lifetime for his personality cult as for his poetry. He
created the concept of the 'Byronic hero' - a defiant, melancholy young man,
brooding on some mysterious, unforgivable event in his past. Byron's influence
on European poetry, music, novel, opera, and painting has been immense,
although the poet was widely condemned on moral grounds by his contemporaries.
Student 4:
She walks in beauty
by G.G. Byron
She walks in
beauty, like the night
Of cloudless
climes and starry skies;
And all that's
best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect
and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to
that tender light
Which heaven to
gaudy day denies.
One shade the
more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd
the nameless grace
Which waves in
every raven tress,
Or softly lightens
o'er her face;
Where thoughts
serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear
their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek,
and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm,
yet eloquent,
The smiles that
win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days
in goodness spent,
A mind at peace
with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
Student 5:
William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757, to James and Catherine
Blake. Two of his six siblings died in infancy. From early childhood, Blake
spoke of having visions—at four he saw God "put his head to the
window"; around age nine, while walking around the countryside, he saw a
tree filled with angels. Although his parents tried to discourage him from
"lying," they did observe that he was different from his peers and
did not force him to attend conventional school. He learned to read and write
at home. At age ten, Blake expressed a wish to become a painter, so his parents
sent him to drawing school. Two years later, Blake began writing poetry. Blake
believed that his poetry could be read and understood by common people, but he
was determined not to sacrifice his vision in order to become popular.
Student 6:
THE DIVINE IMAGE
by William Blake
To Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
All pray in their distress:
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.
For Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is God our father dear:
And Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is Man his child and care.
For Mercy has a human heart
Pity, a human face:
And Love, the human form divine,
Ahd Peace, the human dress.
Then every man of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine
Love Mercy Pity Peace.
And all must love the human form,
In heathen, turk or jew.
Where Mercy, Love & Pity dwell,
There God
is dwelling too.
Student
7:
RUDYARD KIPLING was
born in Bombay on December 30th 1865, son of John Lockwood Kipling, an artist
and teacher of architectural sculpture, and his wife Alice. Young Rudyard's
earliest years in Bombay were blissfully happy, full of exotic sights and sounds.
But at the age of five he was sent back to England to stay with a foster
family, where he was desperately unhappy. When he was twelve he went to the
United Services College, where the Headmaster, Cormell Price, a friend of his
father and uncles, fostered his literary ability. In 1882, aged sixteen, he
started working for the Civil and Military Gazette.
Student 8:
“Blue Roses”by
R. Kipling
Roses red and
roses white
Plucked I for my
love's delight.
She would none of
all my posies--
Bade me gather her
blue roses.
Half the world I
wandered through,
Seeking where such
flowers grew.
Half the world
unto my quest
Answered me with
laugh and jest.
Home I came at
wintertide,
But my silly love
had died,
Seeking with her
latest breath
Roses from the
arms of Death.
It may be beyond
the grave
She shall find
what she would have.
Mine was but an
idle quest--
Roses white and red are best
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