The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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Page 17
... tears . If won , to equal ills betrayed , Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain , the loss of peace , From infant's play , and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought , Hath lost its charm by being caught , For ...
... tears . If won , to equal ills betrayed , Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain , the loss of peace , From infant's play , and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought , Hath lost its charm by being caught , For ...
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... tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame . * * * * * * * The 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 ...
... tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame . * * * * * * * The 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 ...
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... cheek's last tinge , her eye's last spark , And the last glassy glance must view Which freezes o'er its lifeless blue ; Then with unhallowed hand shalt tear The tresses of her yellow hair , Of which in THE GIAOUR . 29.
... cheek's last tinge , her eye's last spark , And the last glassy glance must view Which freezes o'er its lifeless blue ; Then with unhallowed hand shalt tear The tresses of her yellow hair , Of which in THE GIAOUR . 29.
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... tear one terror from the grave , « < And will not soothe , and cannot save . * * * * * * * * * << The cold in clime are cold in blood , * * << Their love can scarce deserve the name ; << But mine was like the lava flood « << That boils ...
... tear one terror from the grave , « < And will not soothe , and cannot save . * * * * * * * * * << The cold in clime are cold in blood , * * << Their love can scarce deserve the name ; << But mine was like the lava flood « << That boils ...
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... « Such cold request might sound like scorn ; « And what than friendship's manly tear ་ May better grace a brother's bier ? « But bear this ring , his own of old , << And tell him- what thou dost behold ! << 44 THE GIAOUR .
... « Such cold request might sound like scorn ; « And what than friendship's manly tear ་ May better grace a brother's bier ? « But bear this ring , his own of old , << And tell him- what thou dost behold ! << 44 THE GIAOUR .
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