A Selection from the Works of Lord ByronEdward Moxon & Company, 1866 - 244 pages |
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... heard little of the poet's failing power and perverse injustice . It is just worth a word of notice that Byron , like Fielding before him , has caught up a well - known name and prefixed it to his work , without any attempt or desire to ...
... heard little of the poet's failing power and perverse injustice . It is just worth a word of notice that Byron , like Fielding before him , has caught up a well - known name and prefixed it to his work , without any attempt or desire to ...
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... about the wave inthralls : A double dungeon wall and wave Have made and like a living grave . Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay , We heard it ripple night and day ; Sounding o'er 324 THE PRISONER OF CHILLON .
... about the wave inthralls : A double dungeon wall and wave Have made and like a living grave . Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay , We heard it ripple night and day ; Sounding o'er 324 THE PRISONER OF CHILLON .
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George Gordon Byron Baron Byron Algernon Charles Swinburne. We heard it ripple night and day ; Sounding o'er our heads it knock'd ; And I have felt the winter's spray Wash through the bars when winds were high And wanton in the happy sky ...
George Gordon Byron Baron Byron Algernon Charles Swinburne. We heard it ripple night and day ; Sounding o'er our heads it knock'd ; And I have felt the winter's spray Wash through the bars when winds were high And wanton in the happy sky ...
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... heard a sound- I burst my chain with one strong bound , And rush'd to him : -I found him not , I only stirr'd in this black spot , I only lived , I only drew The accursed breath of dungeon - dew ; The last , the sole , the dearest link ...
... heard a sound- I burst my chain with one strong bound , And rush'd to him : -I found him not , I only stirr'd in this black spot , I only lived , I only drew The accursed breath of dungeon - dew ; The last , the sole , the dearest link ...
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... heard , And mine was thankful till my eyes Ran over with the glad surprise , And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track ; I saw the dungeon walls and ...
... heard , And mine was thankful till my eyes Ran over with the glad surprise , And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery ; But then by dull degrees came back My senses to their wonted track ; I saw the dungeon walls and ...
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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