The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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... seemed to roll , And gather in that drop of time A life of pain , an age of crime . O'er him who loves , or hates , or fears , Such moment pours the grief of years : What felt he then , at once opprest By all that most distracts the ...
... seemed to roll , And gather in that drop of time A life of pain , an age of crime . O'er him who loves , or hates , or fears , Such moment pours the grief of years : What felt he then , at once opprest By all that most distracts the ...
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... mother's 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 .
... mother's 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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... seemed , Too well he trusted to the slave Whose treachery deserved a grave : And on that eve had gone to mosque , And thence to feast in his kiosk . ... Such is the tale his Nubians tell , Who did not watch their charge too well ; But ...
... seemed , Too well he trusted to the slave Whose treachery deserved a grave : And on that eve had gone to mosque , And thence to feast in his kiosk . ... Such is the tale his Nubians tell , Who did not watch their charge too well ; But ...
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... seemed wrought within the grot : It might be only that the night Disguised things seen by better light : That brazen lamp but dimly threw A ray of no celestial hue ; But in a nook within the cell Her eye on stranger objects fell . There ...
... seemed wrought within the grot : It might be only that the night Disguised things seen by better light : That brazen lamp but dimly threw A ray of no celestial hue ; But in a nook within the cell Her eye on stranger objects fell . There ...
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... seemed ; << And now thou seest my words were true : << I have a tale thou hast not dreamed , « If sooth - its truth must others rue . My story now ' twere vain to hide , << I must not see thee Osman's bride : « But had not thine own ...
... seemed ; << And now thou seest my words were true : << I have a tale thou hast not dreamed , « If sooth - its truth must others rue . My story now ' twere vain to hide , << I must not see thee Osman's bride : « But had not thine own ...
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