The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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... deeds sublime , Now crawl from cradle to the grave , Slaves - nay , the bondsmen of a slave , 6 And callous , save to crime ; Stained with each evil that pollutes Mankind , where least above the brutes ; Without even savage virtue blest ...
... deeds sublime , Now crawl from cradle to the grave , Slaves - nay , the bondsmen of a slave , 6 And callous , save to crime ; Stained with each evil that pollutes Mankind , where least above the brutes ; Without even savage virtue blest ...
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... deed is done , « And now I go — but go alone . » * * * * * * * * * * * * * The browsing camels ' bells are tinkling : His mother looked from her lattice high- She saw the dews of eve besprinkling The pasture green beneath her eye , She ...
... deed is done , « And now I go — but go alone . » * * * * * * * * * * * * * The browsing camels ' bells are tinkling : His mother looked from her lattice high- She saw the dews of eve besprinkling The pasture green beneath her eye , She ...
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... deed he will not name . « But never at our vesper prayer , « Nor e'er before confession chair << Kneels he , nor recks he when arise Incense or anthem to the skies , « But broods within his cell alone , « His 30 THE GIAOUR .
... deed he will not name . « But never at our vesper prayer , « Nor e'er before confession chair << Kneels he , nor recks he when arise Incense or anthem to the skies , « But broods within his cell alone , « His 30 THE GIAOUR .
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... Which speak a mind not all degraded Even by the crimes through which it waded : The common crowd but see the gloom Of wayward deeds , and fitting doom ; The close observer can espy A noble soul , and lineage high : Alas ! 32 THE GIAOUR .
... Which speak a mind not all degraded Even by the crimes through which it waded : The common crowd but see the gloom Of wayward deeds , and fitting doom ; The close observer can espy A noble soul , and lineage high : Alas ! 32 THE GIAOUR .
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... deeds may seem : My memory now is but the tomb Of joys long dead ; my hope , their doom ; « Though better to have died with those , << Than bear a life of lingering woes . " My spirit shrunk not to sustain « The searching throes of ...
... deeds may seem : My memory now is but the tomb Of joys long dead ; my hope , their doom ; « Though better to have died with those , << Than bear a life of lingering woes . " My spirit shrunk not to sustain « The searching throes of ...
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