The Corsair by Byron

 

Leap of faith

Dancers from the English National Ballet perform Le Corsaire, which is based on the poem, The Corsair by Lord Byron, at the Milton Keynes Theatre in England, UK. (Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

corsair

 

音節

cor • sair

発音

kɔ'ːrsεər

corsairの変化形

corsairs (複数形)

[名]((古))

1 （アフリカ北岸に出没したイスラム教国の）私掠(しりゃく)船.

2 海賊；（快速）海賊船.

 

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First edition title page

The Corsair is a tale in verse by Lord Byron published in 1814 (see 1814 in poetry), which was extremely popular and influential in its day, selling ten thousand copies on its first day of sale. [1] Its poetry, divided into cantos (as Dante's Divine Comedy), narrates the story of the corsair Conrad, how he was in his youth rejected by society because of his actions and his later fight against humanity (excepting women). In this tale the figure of Byronic hero is presented by the point of view of the people. The opera Il Corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q--hvPcpUEE
the overture Le Corsaire by Hector Berlioz and the ballet Le Corsaire by Marius Petipa were based on this work.

Full text of "The corsair : a tale" - Internet Archive

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BY LORD BYRON. ... the composition of a poem whose scene will be laid in the East ; none can do those scenes ... Not thou, vain lord of wantonness and ease !