 He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers...  The works of lord Byron - Page 62by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 pages
...inheritors of hell; So soft the scene, so formed for joy , So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing lmgers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers ,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of... | |
 | 1853 - 572 pages
...to the spot — to describe his feelings is impossible. Reader, have you ever bent " o'er the Head, Ere the first day of death is fled — The first dark...danger and distress — Before decay's effacing fingers Hath swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark 'il the mild, angel.c air, The rapture of repose... | |
 | 1836 - 388 pages
...he seemed fixed to the spot — to describe his feelings is impossible. Reader, have you ever bent " o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled...nothingness, The last of danger and distress — Before delay's effacing fingers Hath swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark'd the mild, angelic air,... | |
 | Edmund Spencer - 1836 - 826 pages
...those beautiful lines : — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there. Some moments, aye, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power, So fair, so calm,... | |
 | Edmund Spencer - 1836 - 388 pages
...those beautiful lines : — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, Some moments, aye, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power, So fair, so calm,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...is Sed, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's eßacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,)...— but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wius not, werps uot, now, And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy (2)... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...is fled, The 6rst dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's efuciug fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,)...angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fir'd yet tender traits that strrak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. GREECE. He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And but for that sad shrouded... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...as thine, And such a head between them. GREECE, AS IT IMPRESSED THE MIND OF THE POET IN 1810. He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...come', And hears thy stormy musick in the drum*. SECTION XII. Address to Greece. — BYRON. He' . . who hath bent him o'er the dead', Ere the first day of...fingers' Have swept the lines where beauty lingers',) And marked the mild', angelick air*, The rapture of repose' . . that's there', The fixed', yet tender',... | |
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