A Selection from the Works of Lord ByronEdward Moxon & Company, 1866 - 244 pages |
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... rise far higher in harmony and strike far deeper into the memory than the lax easy lines in which he at first indulged ; but they slip too readily into notes as rude and weak as the rhymeless tuneless verse in which they are so loosely ...
... rise far higher in harmony and strike far deeper into the memory than the lax easy lines in which he at first indulged ; but they slip too readily into notes as rude and weak as the rhymeless tuneless verse in which they are so loosely ...
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... rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies , But not my mother earth . Deserted is my own good hall , Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall ; My dog howls at the gate . " Come hither ...
... rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies , But not my mother earth . Deserted is my own good hall , Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall ; My dog howls at the gate . " Come hither ...
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... rise ! approach you here ! Come - but molest not yon defenceless urn : Look on this spot - a nation's sepulchre ! Abode of gods , whose shrines no longer burn . Even gods must yield - religions take their turn : 14 CHILDE HAROLD'S ...
... rise ! approach you here ! Come - but molest not yon defenceless urn : Look on this spot - a nation's sepulchre ! Abode of gods , whose shrines no longer burn . Even gods must yield - religions take their turn : 14 CHILDE HAROLD'S ...
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... rise with other years , till man shall learn Vainly his incense soars , his victim bleeds ; Poor child of Doubt and Death , whose hope is built on reeds . Bound to the earth , he lifts his eye to heaven- Is't not enough , unhappy thing ...
... rise with other years , till man shall learn Vainly his incense soars , his victim bleeds ; Poor child of Doubt and Death , whose hope is built on reeds . Bound to the earth , he lifts his eye to heaven- Is't not enough , unhappy thing ...
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... rise For years - I cannot count them o'er , I lost their long and heavy score , When my last brother droop'd and died , And I lay living by his side . They chain'd us each to a column stone , And we were three - yet , each alone ; We ...
... rise For years - I cannot count them o'er , I lost their long and heavy score , When my last brother droop'd and died , And I lay living by his side . They chain'd us each to a column stone , And we were three - yet , each alone ; We ...
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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