The poetical works of lord Byron, with notes, Volume 3Suttaby, 1885 |
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... hour , We'd seen the lions waltzing in the Tower ; And old Amphion , such were minstrels then , Had built St Paul's without the aid of Wren . Verse too was justice , and the bards of Greece Did more than constables to keep the peace ...
... hour , We'd seen the lions waltzing in the Tower ; And old Amphion , such were minstrels then , Had built St Paul's without the aid of Wren . Verse too was justice , and the bards of Greece Did more than constables to keep the peace ...
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... Hours of Idleness . " ] 48 . Invenies alium , si te hic fastidit , Alexin . 49 . Mr Southey has lately tied another canister to his tail in the " Curse of Kehama , " maugre the neglect of Madoc , & c . , and has in one instance had a ...
... Hours of Idleness . " ] 48 . Invenies alium , si te hic fastidit , Alexin . 49 . Mr Southey has lately tied another canister to his tail in the " Curse of Kehama , " maugre the neglect of Madoc , & c . , and has in one instance had a ...
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... day ! Not yet not yet - Sol pauses on the hill , The precious hour of parting lingers still ; But sad his light to agonising eyes , And dark the mountain's once delightful dyes ; Gloom o'er the lovely land he seem'd to pour ,
... day ! Not yet not yet - Sol pauses on the hill , The precious hour of parting lingers still ; But sad his light to agonising eyes , And dark the mountain's once delightful dyes ; Gloom o'er the lovely land he seem'd to pour ,
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... Hours roll'd along , and Dian's orb on high Had gain'd the centre of her softest sky ; And yet unwearied still my footsteps trod O'er the vain shrine of many a vanish'd god : But chiefly , Pallas ! thine , when Hecate's glare , Check'd ...
... Hours roll'd along , and Dian's orb on high Had gain'd the centre of her softest sky ; And yet unwearied still my footsteps trod O'er the vain shrine of many a vanish'd god : But chiefly , Pallas ! thine , when Hecate's glare , Check'd ...
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... hour ; Go , grasp the shadow of your vanish'd power ; Gloss o'er the failure of each fondest scheme ; Your strength a name , your bloated wealth a dream . Gone is that gold , the marvel of mankind , And pirates barter all that's left ...
... hour ; Go , grasp the shadow of your vanish'd power ; Gloss o'er the failure of each fondest scheme ; Your strength a name , your bloated wealth a dream . Gone is that gold , the marvel of mankind , And pirates barter all that's left ...
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Page 158 - twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods and cornfields, and the abodes of men Scatter'd at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs ; the hill Was crown'd with a peculiar diadem Of trees, in circular array, so fix'd, Not by the sport of nature, but of man...
Page 127 - They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 149 - The envious who but breathe in others' pain, Behold the host ! delighting to deprave, Who track the steps of Glory to the grave, Watch every fault that daring Genius owes Half to the ardour which its birth bestows, Distort the truth— accumulate the lie And pile the Pyramid of Calumny ! ' These are his portion — but if...
Page 127 - Where thy head so oft hath lain, While that placid sleep came o'er thee Which thou ne'er canst know again; Would that breast by thee glanced over, Every inmost thought could show!
Page 59 - Salamis ! Their azure arches through the long expanse More deeply purpled meet his mellowing glance, And tenderest tints, along their summits driven, Mark his gay course, and own the hues of heaven ; Till, darkly shaded from the land and deep, Behind his Delphian cliff he sinks to sleep.
Page 121 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 101 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
Page 129 - Though his care she must forego ? When her little hands shall press thee, When her lip to thine is...
Page 105 - IF THAT HIGH WORLD. IP that high world, which lies beyond Our own, surviving Love endears ; If there the cherish'd heart be fond, The eye the same, except in tears — How welcome those untrodden spheres ! How sweet this very hour to die ! To soar from earth, and find all fears Lost in thy light — Eternity...
Page 160 - She was serene and smiling then, and yet She knew she was by him beloved, — she knew, For quickly comes such knowledge, that his heart Was darken'd with her shadow, and she saw That he was wretched, but she saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced...