How beautiful is all this visible world! How glorious in its action and itself! But we… — Lord Byron
How beautiful is all this visible world! How glorious in its action and itself! But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride.
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Lord Byron. "Manfred." Lord Byron: Selected Poems, edited by Susan J. Wolfson and Peter J. Manning. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 1, sc. 2, l. 37.
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Lord Byron. Manfred: A Dramatic Poem. London: John Murray, 1817, act 1, sc. 2, l. 37.
