Lord Byron on Mind
1788–1824 England
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The power of thought,—the magic of the mind!
The Corsair (1814)
For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinions by a wager.
Beppo (1818)
'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.
What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er I be,
The blight of life—the demon Thought.
When Bishop Berkeley said, "there was no matter,"
And proved it—'twas no matter what he said.
I stood
Among them, but not of them: in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
The light of love, the purity of grace,
The mind, the music breathing from her face, 19
The heart whose softness harmonized the whole,—
And oh, that eye was in itself a soul!
The Bride of Abydos (1813)