Caledon Library Book of the Month & Listening Party - Selected Short Poems of Lord Byron
Caledon Library Book of the Month & Listening Party - Selected Short Poems of Lord Byron
Sun, October 12, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
HG Wells Memorial Library
Caledon Wellsian
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Take the Caledon Train, or use the handy Teleport from the Wellsian Hub
His contemporaries thought him variously "mad, bad and dangerous to know", "the civilest man in Europe" , a paragon of politesse, a rascal and a scoundrel, the source of all his own troubles, or woefully misunderstood. But none doubted Lord Byron's wit, his passion, or his polish.
Whether he was a self-pitying whiner, the Grandfather of Emo Mopers, or a bold and honest heart, as badly treated by society as he claimed himself to be, Byron was an unquestionably brilliant poet, and a keen and mercilessly accurate observer of his of his world. Libertine, idealist and the Romantic's Romantic, Lord Byron was anything but simple, despite his occasional protestations to the contrary.
His poetry strikes a different balance -- it has the simplicity possible only when a poet has perfect control of the poetic medium. His syllables flow effortlessly, and at its best his verse has a nonchalance that makes it all the more powerful when some phrase (be it lyric or ironic) strikes precisely home. This month's listening party will give us chance to consider some of Lord Byron's shorter poems.
So We'll Go no More a Roving
She Walks in Beauty
When We Two Parted
For Music
To Augusta
All for Love
The programme will be streamed to the library on Radio Riel -- if you can't join us in-world, tune in at
http://music.radioriel.org -- and all exquisites and aesthetes are invited to join us afterward at the Bashful Peacock, across the way, for dancing at the monthly Palm Court Tea at 3pm
gentlebeings, your servant
JJD
Sun, October 12, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
HG Wells Memorial Library
Caledon Wellsian
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/235/239/31
Take the Caledon Train, or use the handy Teleport from the Wellsian Hub
His contemporaries thought him variously "mad, bad and dangerous to know", "the civilest man in Europe" , a paragon of politesse, a rascal and a scoundrel, the source of all his own troubles, or woefully misunderstood. But none doubted Lord Byron's wit, his passion, or his polish.
Whether he was a self-pitying whiner, the Grandfather of Emo Mopers, or a bold and honest heart, as badly treated by society as he claimed himself to be, Byron was an unquestionably brilliant poet, and a keen and mercilessly accurate observer of his of his world. Libertine, idealist and the Romantic's Romantic, Lord Byron was anything but simple, despite his occasional protestations to the contrary.
His poetry strikes a different balance -- it has the simplicity possible only when a poet has perfect control of the poetic medium. His syllables flow effortlessly, and at its best his verse has a nonchalance that makes it all the more powerful when some phrase (be it lyric or ironic) strikes precisely home. This month's listening party will give us chance to consider some of Lord Byron's shorter poems.
So We'll Go no More a Roving
She Walks in Beauty
When We Two Parted
For Music
To Augusta
All for Love
The programme will be streamed to the library on Radio Riel -- if you can't join us in-world, tune in at
http://music.radioriel.org -- and all exquisites and aesthetes are invited to join us afterward at the Bashful Peacock, across the way, for dancing at the monthly Palm Court Tea at 3pm
gentlebeings, your servant
JJD
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