A Selection from the Works of Lord ByronEdward Moxon & Company, 1866 - 244 pages |
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Page 24
... clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee , and arbiter of war- These are thy toys , and , as the snowy flake , They melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar . Thy shores are ...
... clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee , and arbiter of war- These are thy toys , and , as the snowy flake , They melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar . Thy shores are ...
Page 48
... clay : But now I fain would for a time survive , If but to see what next can well arrive . Kingdoms and empires in my little day I have outlived , and yet I am not old ; And when I look on this , the petty spray Of my own years of ...
... clay : But now I fain would for a time survive , If but to see what next can well arrive . Kingdoms and empires in my little day I have outlived , and yet I am not old ; And when I look on this , the petty spray Of my own years of ...
Page 66
... clay ? The ashes of a thousand ages spread Wherever man has trodden or shall tread ? Or do they in their silent cities dwell Each in his incommunicative cell ? Or have they their own language ? and a sense Of breathless being ? -darken ...
... clay ? The ashes of a thousand ages spread Wherever man has trodden or shall tread ? Or do they in their silent cities dwell Each in his incommunicative cell ? Or have they their own language ? and a sense Of breathless being ? -darken ...
Page 87
... unnatural balsams merely blight What nature made him at his birth , as bare As the mere million's base unmummied clay— Yet all his spices but prolong decay . He's dead - and upper earth with him has done THE VISION OF JUDGMENT . 87.
... unnatural balsams merely blight What nature made him at his birth , as bare As the mere million's base unmummied clay— Yet all his spices but prolong decay . He's dead - and upper earth with him has done THE VISION OF JUDGMENT . 87.
Page 93
... clay obscures our best conceptions , saving Johanna Southcote , or Bob Southey raving . ' Twas the archangel Michael ; all men know The make of angels and archangels , since There's scarce a scribbler has not one to show , From the ...
... clay obscures our best conceptions , saving Johanna Southcote , or Bob Southey raving . ' Twas the archangel Michael ; all men know The make of angels and archangels , since There's scarce a scribbler has not one to show , From the ...
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AHOLIBAMAH AMBRACIAN GULF Anah angels appear'd Asmodeus beauty behold beneath blood breast breath brow Byron chain CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE clay clime clouds damn'd dark dead death deep Don Juan dream dust earth EDWARD MOXON EPISTLE TO AUGUSTA eternal eyes face fair father feel flowers foam gazed GIAOUR glory gone grave grew Haidée hand hath heart heaven hell hope hour human clay immortal Japh knew less light live look look'd Michael Molière mortal mountains ne'er never night o'er ocean once pass'd passion Pedrillo perish'd poem poets praise round Saint Peter SAME.-CANTO Samian wine Satan seem'd shore sigh silent skies sleep son of Noah soul spirit STANZAS stars sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought turn'd Twas verse voice walls waters wave weep wind wings young