The Sickness of the Century

A varázsló eltöri pálcáját · 1948

Thorvaldsen was surprised to see Byron seat himself before him in some quite peculiar, dramatic pose. He asked him merely to be as he usually was. ‘But this is how I am!’ cried Byron, affronted. And when the bust was finished, it did not please him. ‘It is no good,’ he said; ‘I am far more unhappy than that.’