Schlagwort: Lord Byron

40. Mad John Clare sings the Blues

„I am — yet what I am, none cares or knows“ is the first line of John Clare’s most famous poem, and a more irresistible invitation to a biographer would be difficult to imagine. Jonathan Bate, an English academic, has responded with a fat… Continue Reading „40. Mad John Clare sings the Blues“

Letzte Worte

Even more disappointing were the final stanzas of legendary wordsmiths the likes of Lord Byron and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Byron couldn’t be bothered to work up a decent rhyme. „Now I shall go to sleep. Good night.“ While Goethe’s last words were so… Continue Reading „Letzte Worte“