“The” Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: The Giaour. Bride of AbydosJohn Murray, 1816 |
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... That best becomes an Eastern night . * * * * * * 0170 175 Who thundering comes on blackest steed , With slackened bit and hoof of speed ? 181 Beneath the clattering iron's sound The caverned echoes wake arounduda 12 THE GIAOUR .
... That best becomes an Eastern night . * * * * * * 0170 175 Who thundering comes on blackest steed , With slackened bit and hoof of speed ? 181 Beneath the clattering iron's sound The caverned echoes wake arounduda 12 THE GIAOUR .
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... steed ; he nears the steep , That , jutting , shadows o'er the deep ; He winds around ; he hurries by ; The rock relieves him from mine eye ; For well I ween unwelcome he Whose glance is fixed on those that flee ; 210 And not a star but ...
... steed ; he nears the steep , That , jutting , shadows o'er the deep ; He winds around ; he hurries by ; The rock relieves him from mine eye ; For well I ween unwelcome he Whose glance is fixed on those that flee ; 210 And not a star but ...
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... steed , A moment breathed him from his speed , A moment on his stirrup stood— Why looks he o'er the olive wood ? The crescent glimmers on the hill , 220 The Mosque's high lamps are quivering still : Though too remote for sound to wake ...
... steed , A moment breathed him from his speed , A moment on his stirrup stood— Why looks he o'er the olive wood ? The crescent glimmers on the hill , 220 The Mosque's high lamps are quivering still : Though too remote for sound to wake ...
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... steed ; The rock is doubled , and the shore 250 Shakes with the clattering tramp no more ; The crag is won , no more is seen His Christian crest and haughty mien . ' Twas but an instant he restrained That fiery barb so sternly reined ...
... steed ; The rock is doubled , and the shore 250 Shakes with the clattering tramp no more ; The crag is won , no more is seen His Christian crest and haughty mien . ' Twas but an instant he restrained That fiery barb so sternly reined ...
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... er the dead ! The steed is vanished from the stall ; No serf is seen in Hassan's hall ; The lonely Spider's thin grey pall Waves slowly widening o'er the wall ; 290 The Bat builds in his Haram bower ; And in C 2 THE GIAOUR . 19.
... er the dead ! The steed is vanished from the stall ; No serf is seen in Hassan's hall ; The lonely Spider's thin grey pall Waves slowly widening o'er the wall ; 290 The Bat builds in his Haram bower ; And in C 2 THE GIAOUR . 19.
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