Poetry of ByronMacmillan and Company, 1881 - 276 pages |
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... dost thou ask , what secret woe I bear , corroding joy and youth ? And wilt thou vainly seek to know A pang ev'n thou must fail to soothe ? It is not love , it is not hate , Nor low Ambition's honours lost , That bids me loathe my ...
... dost thou ask , what secret woe I bear , corroding joy and youth ? And wilt thou vainly seek to know A pang ev'n thou must fail to soothe ? It is not love , it is not hate , Nor low Ambition's honours lost , That bids me loathe my ...
Page 44
... dost arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise , Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies , And send'st him , shivering in thy playful spray And howling , to his Gods ...
... dost arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise , Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies , And send'st him , shivering in thy playful spray And howling , to his Gods ...
Page 108
... dost rear Thy grassy banks whereon the milk - white steer Grazes ; the purest god of gentle waters ! And most serene of aspect , and most clear ; Surely that stream was unprofaned by slaughters- A mirror and a bath for Beauty's youngest ...
... dost rear Thy grassy banks whereon the milk - white steer Grazes ; the purest god of gentle waters ! And most serene of aspect , and most clear ; Surely that stream was unprofaned by slaughters- A mirror and a bath for Beauty's youngest ...
Page 110
... lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow , Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise , with thy yellow waves , and mantle her distress . THE COLISEUM . ( CHILDE HAROLD , Canto iv . IIO POETRY OF BYRON .
... lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow , Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise , with thy yellow waves , and mantle her distress . THE COLISEUM . ( CHILDE HAROLD , Canto iv . IIO POETRY OF BYRON .
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... dost accord , albeit A heavy doom ' tis thine to meet , That doom shall half absolve thy sin , And mercy's gate may receive thee within : But pause one moment more , and take The curse of Him thou didst forsake ; And look once more to ...
... dost accord , albeit A heavy doom ' tis thine to meet , That doom shall half absolve thy sin , And mercy's gate may receive thee within : But pause one moment more , and take The curse of Him thou didst forsake ; And look once more to ...
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Adah Arqua art thou Astarte bear beautiful behold beneath blood blue breast breath brow Byron Cain Canto CHAMOIS charm cheek CHILDE HAROLD clime clouds cold dare dark dead death deep DON JUAN dost dread dream dwell earth eyes fear feel foam gaze gentle Giaour glory Goethe grave hand hath heart heaven heaving Hellespont hour immortal isle Leopardi light limbs live lone look look'd Lord Byron Lucifer MANFRED mortal mountains ne'er never night o'er ocean PARISINA pass'd Philistinism poet poetic poetry roll'd rose round Samian wine scarce seem'd seen shore SIEGE OF CORINTH sigh slave smile soul spirit Stanzas star steed stood Stopford Brooke sweet tears thee thine things thou art thou hast thought throne tomb turn'd twas Twere Venice voice waters wave weep wild wind Wordsworth youth