The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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Page 18
... mind , that broods o'er guilty woes , Is like the scorpion girt by fire , In circle narrowing as it glows , The flames around their captive close , Till inly searched by thousand throes , And maddening in her ire , One sad and sole ...
... mind , that broods o'er guilty woes , Is like the scorpion girt by fire , In circle narrowing as it glows , The flames around their captive close , Till inly searched by thousand throes , And maddening in her ire , One sad and sole ...
Page 32
... 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 .
... 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 .
Page 35
... to the dreary void , The leafless desart of the mind , The waste of feelings unemployed . Who would be doomed to gaze upon A sky without a cloud or sun ? Less hideous far the tempest's roar Than ne'er to brave THE GIAOUR . 35.
... to the dreary void , The leafless desart of the mind , The waste of feelings unemployed . Who would be doomed to gaze upon A sky without a cloud or sun ? Less hideous far the tempest's roar Than ne'er to brave THE GIAOUR . 35.
Page 39
... pierced like Pard by hunters ' steel , « He felt not half that now I feel . « I searched , but vainly searched , to find << The workings of a wounded mind ; « Each feature of that sullen corse « < Betrayed THE GIAOUR . 39.
... pierced like Pard by hunters ' steel , « He felt not half that now I feel . « I searched , but vainly searched , to find << The workings of a wounded mind ; « Each feature of that sullen corse « < Betrayed THE GIAOUR . 39.
Page 41
... mind above , << But Heaven itself descends in love ; << A feeling from the Godhead caught , << To wean from self each sordid thought ; « A ray of him who formed the whole ; « A glory circling round the soul ! << I grant my love ...
... mind above , << But Heaven itself descends in love ; << A feeling from the Godhead caught , << To wean from self each sordid thought ; « A ray of him who formed the whole ; « A glory circling round the soul ! << I grant my love ...
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