the rt hon. lord lytton
when lytton twenty-five years old, published in london volume of poems under name of owen meredith. went on publish several other volumes under same name. popular 1 lucile , story in verse published in 1860. although not read today, poetry extremely popular in own day. facility verse extraordinary , great experimenter form, although possibly detriment of finding own style. of best work beautiful, , of of melancholy nature, short extract poem called soul s loss shows, poet bids farewell lover has betrayed him:
child, have no lips chide thee./ take blessing of heart/ (never more beat beside thee!)/ in blessing breaks. depart./ farewell! deified thee/ dare not question thou art.
lytton highly thought of other literary personalities of day , oscar wilde dedicated play lady windermere s fan him.
his publications included:
clytemnestra, earl s return, artist, , other poems, 1855
the wanderer, 1859
lucile, 1860.
the ring of ainasis, 1863
fables in song, 1874
speeches of edward lord lytton of political writingss, hitherto unpublished, , prefactory memoir son, 1874
the life letters , literary remains of edward bulwer, lord lytton, 1883
glenaveril, 1885
after paradise, or legends of exile, 1887
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