George Meredith was an English novelist and poet. His early writings appeared in periodicals, and he supplemented that income with a job reading for a publisher. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. His novels include The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Rhoda Fleming, and The Tale of Chloe.
In ‘Modern Love: X’ by George Meredith, the speaker laments unspoken emotions, contrasting love’s intricacy with life’s rigidity, regretting idealism’s impact on reality.
But where began the change; and what’s my crime?
The wretch condemned, who has not been arraigned
Chafes at his sentence. Shall I, unsustained,
Drag on Love’s nerveless body thro’ all time?
‘Lucifer in Starlight’ describes Lucifer’s power, past, attempted ascent from Hell back into Heaven, and the sights seen along the way.
On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose.
Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend
Above the rolling ball in cloud part screened,
Where sinners hugged their spectre of repose.
‘Modern Love: VI’ by George Meredith describes the speaker’s anguish after realizing that the woman he loves has moved on to another man.
It chanced his lips did meet her forehead cool.
She had no blush, but slanted down her eye.
Shamed nature, then, confesses love can die:
And most she punishes the tender fool
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