The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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... Stained with each evil that pollutes Mankind , where least above the brutes ; Without even savage virtue blest , Without one free or valiant breast . Still to the neighbouring ports they waft Proverbial wiles , THE GIAOUR .
... Stained with each evil that pollutes Mankind , where least above the brutes ; Without even savage virtue blest , Without one free or valiant breast . Still to the neighbouring ports they waft Proverbial wiles , THE GIAOUR .
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... breast ; And though to - morrow's tempest lower , ' Tis calmer than thy heart , young Giaour ! 7 I know thee not , I loathe thy race , But in thy lineaments I trace What time shall strengthen , not efface : Though young and pale , that ...
... breast ; And though to - morrow's tempest lower , ' Tis calmer than thy heart , young Giaour ! 7 I know thee not , I loathe thy race , But in thy lineaments I trace What time shall strengthen , not efface : Though young and pale , that ...
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... breast ? That pause , which pondered o'er his fate , Oh , who its dreary length shall date ! Though in time's record nearly nought , It was eternity to thought ! For infinite as boundless space The thought that conscience must embrace ...
... breast ? That pause , which pondered o'er his fate , Oh , who its dreary length shall date ! Though in time's record nearly nought , It was eternity to thought ! For infinite as boundless space The thought that conscience must embrace ...
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... breast That sound had harmonized his rest ; And oft had Hassan's youth along Its bank been soothed by Beauty's song ; And softer seemed each melting tone Of music mingled with its own . But ne'er shall 14 THE GIAOUR .
... breast That sound had harmonized his rest ; And oft had Hassan's youth along Its bank been soothed by Beauty's song ; And softer seemed each melting tone Of music mingled with its own . But ne'er shall 14 THE GIAOUR .
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... breast , Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty , blighted in an hour , Find joy within her broken bower ? No gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er ...
... breast , Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty , blighted in an hour , Find joy within her broken bower ? No gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er ...
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