The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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... shall quake to hear , And leave his sons a hope , a fame , They too will rather die than shame : For Freedom's battle once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , Though baffled oft is ever won . Bear witness , 8 THE GIAOUR .
... shall quake to hear , And leave his sons a hope , a fame , They too will rather die than shame : For Freedom's battle once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , Though baffled oft is ever won . Bear witness , 8 THE GIAOUR .
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... hope , or end . The hour is past , the Giaour is gone ; And did he fly or fall alone ? Woe to that hour he came or went ! The curse for Hassan's sin was sent To turn a palace to a tomb : He came , he went , like the Simoom , ΤΟ That ...
... hope , or end . The hour is past , the Giaour is gone ; And did he fly or fall alone ? Woe to that hour he came or went ! The curse for Hassan's sin was sent To turn a palace to a tomb : He came , he went , like the Simoom , ΤΟ That ...
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... hope of sins forgiven , « Such looks are not of earth nor heaven ! » To love the softest hearts are prone , But such can ne'er be all his own ; Too timid in his woes to share , Too meek to meet , or brave despair ; And sterner hearts ...
... hope of sins forgiven , « Such looks are not of earth nor heaven ! » To love the softest hearts are prone , But such can ne'er be all his own ; Too timid in his woes to share , Too meek to meet , or brave despair ; And sterner hearts ...
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... hope or pride elate , << I'd rather be the thing that crawls << Most noxious o'er a dungeon's walls , << Than pass my dull , unvarying days , << Condemned to meditate and gaze . << Yet , lurks a wish within my breast « 36 THE GIAOUR .
... hope or pride elate , << I'd rather be the thing that crawls << Most noxious o'er a dungeon's walls , << Than pass my dull , unvarying days , << Condemned to meditate and gaze . << Yet , lurks a wish within my breast « 36 THE GIAOUR .
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... 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 ceaseless pain ; « Nor sought the self - accorded grave « Of ancient fool ...
... 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 ceaseless pain ; « Nor sought the self - accorded grave « Of ancient fool ...
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