“Afric is all the sun’s, and as her earth/ Her human clay is kindled; full of power/ For good or evil, burning from its birth/ The Moorish blood partakes the planet’s hour/ And like the soil beneath it will bring forth:/ Beauty and love…”
—Lord Byron, “Don Juan, Canto 4.” St. 56.
People sometimes get so caught up in Byron’s personality and outrageous behaviour that his amazing skill as a poet is almost ignored. Don Juan is a masterpiece.
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People sometimes get so caught up in Byron’s personality...outrageous behaviour that his...
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