Mazzini labored for the freedom of Italy, but was exiled. Byron and Goethe also battled for liberty. Mazzini wrote an essay in which he compared Byron to a soaring eagle and Goethe to a contented stork. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
Byron arrived in Greece to fight for Greek freedom, Jan. 5, 1824.
Introductory Note: Robert Burns
Poems (To a Mouse and Tam O’Shanter), by Robert Burns
Introductory Note: Homer
The Odyssey (Book XII), by Homer
Introductory Note: Blaise Pascal
The Art of Persuasion, by Blaise Pascal
Introductory Note: Pierre Corneille
Polyeucte (ACT I), by Pierre Corneille
Introductory Note: Hans Christian Andersen
The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen
Introductory Note: John Keats
The Eve of St. Agnes, by John Keats
Introductory Note: Edgar Allan Poe
The Poetic Principle, by Edgar Allan Poe
Introductory Note: Aristophanes
The Frogs, by Aristophanes
Introductory Note: Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Ch. 1), by Benjamin Franklin
Introductory Note: Æsop’s Fables
Æsop’s Fables, by Æsop
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