The Works of Lord Byron: Comprising the Suppressed Poems, Volumes 10-11A. and W. Galignani, 1826 |
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... fire ? because I loved ? Because I loved what not to love , and see , Was more or less than mortal , and than me . IX . I once was quick in feeling - that is o'er ; - My scars are callous , or I should have dash'd My brain against these ...
... fire ? because I loved ? Because I loved what not to love , and see , Was more or less than mortal , and than me . IX . I once was quick in feeling - that is o'er ; - My scars are callous , or I should have dash'd My brain against these ...
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... fire : Thyself - none living see and not expire ! Oh ! in the lightning let thy glance appear ! Sweep from his shiver'd hand the oppressor's spear : How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod ? How long thy temple worshipless , Oh God ...
... fire : Thyself - none living see and not expire ! Oh ! in the lightning let thy glance appear ! Sweep from his shiver'd hand the oppressor's spear : How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod ? How long thy temple worshipless , Oh God ...
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... fire that fed on thy fane , And the fast - fetter'd hands that made vengeance in vain . On many an eve , the high spot whence I gazed Mad reflected the last beam of day as it blazed ; While I stood on the height , and beheld the decline ...
... fire that fed on thy fane , And the fast - fetter'd hands that made vengeance in vain . On many an eve , the high spot whence I gazed Mad reflected the last beam of day as it blazed ; While I stood on the height , and beheld the decline ...
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... fire from heaven , ' Wilt thou withstand the shock ? And share with him , the unforgiven , His vulture and his rock ? Foredoom'd by God - by man accurst , And that last act , though not thy worst , The very fiend's arch mock ; 2 He in ...
... fire from heaven , ' Wilt thou withstand the shock ? And share with him , the unforgiven , His vulture and his rock ? Foredoom'd by God - by man accurst , And that last act , though not thy worst , The very fiend's arch mock ; 2 He in ...
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... fire of Prometheus to kindle mankind ; Even Tyranny listening sate melted or mute , And Corruption shrunk scorch'd from the glance of his mind . But back to our theme ! Back to despots and slaves ! Feasts furnish'd by Famine ...
... fire of Prometheus to kindle mankind ; Even Tyranny listening sate melted or mute , And Corruption shrunk scorch'd from the glance of his mind . But back to our theme ! Back to despots and slaves ! Feasts furnish'd by Famine ...
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Page 198 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay...
Page 101 - TWAS twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil, Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail. Thus to their hopeless eyes...
Page 189 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Page 94 - 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 191 - Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess: The magnet of their course is gone, or only points in vain The shore to which their shiver'd sail shall never stretch again Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself comes down; It cannot feel for others...
Page 191 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Page 77 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 95 - And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 124 - ... in the wilds Of fiery climes he made himself a home, And his soul drank their sunbeams : he was girt With strange and dusky aspects ; he was not Himself like what he had been ; on the sea...
Page 114 - The other father had a weaklier child, Of a soft cheek, and aspect delicate ; But the boy bore up long, and with a mild And patient spirit held aloof his fate ; Little he said, and now and then he smiled, As if to win a part from off the weight He saw increasing on his father's heart, With the deep, deadly thought, that they must part.