ABSTRACT
Matthew Arnold (1822–88) paid a not uncritical tribute to Byron in his ‘Memorial Verses. April 27, 1850’, published in Fraser's Magazine, XLI (June 1850), 630: … When Byron's eyes were shut in death, We bow'd our heads and held our breath. He taught us little; but our soul Had felt him like the thunder's roll. With shivering heart the strife we saw Of Passion with Eternal Law, And yet with reverential awe We watch'd the fount of fiery life Which flow'd for that Titanic strife …
