"'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, / Should let itself be snuffed out by an Article."
— Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Hunt
Date
1823
Metaphor
"'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, / Should let itself be snuffed out by an Article."
Metaphor in Context
John Keats, who was killed off by one critique,
Just as he really promised something great,
If not intelligible, -- without Greek
Contrived to talk about the Gods of late,
Much as they might have been supposed to speak.
Poor fellow! His was an untoward fate:--
'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuffed out by an Article.
(XI. 60, p. 133)
Just as he really promised something great,
If not intelligible, -- without Greek
Contrived to talk about the Gods of late,
Much as they might have been supposed to speak.
Poor fellow! His was an untoward fate:--
'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuffed out by an Article.
(XI. 60, p. 133)
Categories
Provenance
Reading the ODNB article on Keats
Citation
Byron, Don Juan (London: John Hunt, 1823). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
03/28/2011
