tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post113343164120399829..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Darcy and ByronLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133480549373510882005-12-01T23:42:00.000+00:002005-12-01T23:42:00.000+00:00Take a very passionate, creative individual and gi...Take a very passionate, creative individual and give them a physical disability and no love as a child - and then you get the likes of Byron.Kate Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425834913219662421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133461942284721942005-12-01T18:32:00.000+00:002005-12-01T18:32:00.000+00:00She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless cl...<I>She walks in beauty, like the night<BR/>Of cloudless climes and starry skies;<BR/>And all that's best of dark and bright<BR/>Meet in her aspect and in her eyes:<BR/>Thus mellowed to that tender light<BR/>Which heaven to gaudy day denies.<BR/><BR/>One shade the more, one ray the less,<BR/>had half impaired the nameless grace<BR/>Which waves in every raven tress,<BR/>Or softly lightens o'er her face;<BR/>Where thoughts serenely sweet express<BR/>How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.<BR/><BR/>And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,<BR/>So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,<BR/>The smiles that win, the tints that glow,<BR/>But tell of days in goodness spent,<BR/>A mind at peace with all below,<BR/>A heart whose love is innocent.</I><BR/><BR/>Anyone who can write like that can be forgiven much.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816256676376213859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133450782097280642005-12-01T15:26:00.000+00:002005-12-01T15:26:00.000+00:00BYRON - mad, bad and dangerous to know?Yes - an ea...BYRON - mad, bad and dangerous to know?<BR/>Yes - an early version of our pop stars with too much adulation and not enough to do. Even at the time many thought that "a good woman" would be able to tame him, but it wasn't so.<BR/><BR/>By contrast, Darcy has good principals. He doesn't need reforming as such, but Elizabeth teaches him to laugh at himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com