The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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... blood that warmed his heart is shed ! And here no more shall human voice Be heard to rage , regret , rejoice . The last sad note that swelled the gale Was woman's wildest funeral wail : That quenched in silence , all is still , But the ...
... blood that warmed his heart is shed ! And here no more shall human voice Be heard to rage , regret , rejoice . The last sad note that swelled the gale Was woman's wildest funeral wail : That quenched in silence , all is still , But the ...
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... blood , When in the pass the rebels stood , And few returned to tell the tale Of what befell in Parne's vale . The pistols which his girdle bore Were those that once a pasha wore , The foremost Tartar's in the gap , Conspicuous by his ...
... blood , When in the pass the rebels stood , And few returned to tell the tale Of what befell in Parne's vale . The pistols which his girdle bore Were those that once a pasha wore , The foremost Tartar's in the gap , Conspicuous by his ...
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... blood he spilt ; Yet strained within the severed hand Which quivers round that faithless brand ; His turban far behind him rolled , And cleft in twain its firmest fold ; His flowing robe by falchion torn , And crimson as those clouds of ...
... blood he spilt ; Yet strained within the severed hand Which quivers round that faithless brand ; His turban far behind him rolled , And cleft in twain its firmest fold ; His flowing robe by falchion torn , And crimson as those clouds of ...
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... blood is spilt : « Woe to the Giaour ! for his the guilt . * * * * * * * * A turban 32 carved in coarsest stone , A pillar with rank weeds o'ergrown , Whereon can now be scarcely read The Koran verse that mourns the dead , Point out the ...
... blood is spilt : « Woe to the Giaour ! for his the guilt . * * * * * * * * A turban 32 carved in coarsest stone , A pillar with rank weeds o'ergrown , Whereon can now be scarcely read The Koran verse that mourns the dead , Point out the ...
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... blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter , sister , wife , At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for ...
... blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter , sister , wife , At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for ...
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