Lord Byron – Childe Harold Canto 3 part 6
Lord Byron writes in glowing terms about Childe Harold getting “To look on One , whose dust was once all fire…” referring to “Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, the apostle of affliction, he who threw enchantment over passion,…”. About whom “His love was passion’s essence – as a tree on fire by lightning;..”.He realises that “I live not in myself, but I become portion of that around me; and to me, high mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture:…”
