The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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... 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 .
... 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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... once opprest By all that most distracts the 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 ...
... once opprest By all that most distracts the 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 ...
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... 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 THE GIAOUR . 21.
... 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 THE GIAOUR . 21.
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... 'er shall lose their hold ; Friends meet to part ; Love laughs at faith ; True foes , once met , are joined till death ! * * * With sabre shivered to the hilt , Yet dripping with II . 2 THE GIAOUR . 25 In azure column proudly gleaming, ...
... 'er shall lose their hold ; Friends meet to part ; Love laughs at faith ; True foes , once met , are joined till death ! * * * With sabre shivered to the hilt , Yet dripping with II . 2 THE GIAOUR . 25 In azure column proudly gleaming, ...
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... once I saw that face , yet then << It was so marked with inward pain , « I could not pass it by again ; << It breathes the same dark spirit now , << As death were stamped upon his brow . << ' Tis twice three years at summer tide ...
... once I saw that face , yet then << It was so marked with inward pain , « I could not pass it by again ; << It breathes the same dark spirit now , << As death were stamped upon his brow . << ' Tis twice three years at summer tide ...
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