The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2Knight and Lacey, 1823 |
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... turn to groans his roundelay . Strange that where Nature loved to trace , As if for Gods , a dwelling - place , And every charm and grace hath mixed Within the paradise she fixed , There man , enamoured of distress , Should mar it into ...
... turn to groans his roundelay . Strange that where Nature loved to trace , As if for Gods , a dwelling - place , And every charm and grace hath mixed Within the paradise she fixed , There man , enamoured of distress , Should mar it into ...
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... 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 harbinger of fate and gloom , Beneath whose widely THE GIAOUR . 13.
... 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 harbinger of fate and gloom , Beneath whose widely THE GIAOUR . 13.
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... the word << Arose unheeded or unheard . << Thou Paynim fool ! could Leila's prayer << Be passed , and thine accorded there ? << I watched my time , I leagued with these , The traitor in his turn to seize ; My wrath 26 THE GIAOUR .
... the word << Arose unheeded or unheard . << Thou Paynim fool ! could Leila's prayer << Be passed , and thine accorded there ? << I watched my time , I leagued with these , The traitor in his turn to seize ; My wrath 26 THE GIAOUR .
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George Gordon Byron Baron Byron. The traitor in his turn to seize ; My wrath is wreaked , the deed is done , « And now I go — but go alone . » * * * * * * * * * * * * * The browsing camels ' bells are tinkling : His mother looked from ...
George Gordon Byron Baron Byron. The traitor in his turn to seize ; My wrath is wreaked , the deed is done , « And now I go — but go alone . » * * * * * * * * * * * * * The browsing camels ' bells are tinkling : His mother looked from ...
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... thine hour of need , Or blade to bid thy foeman bleed ; But if a dagger's form it bear , Let those who shape its edge , beware ! Thus passion's fire , and woman's art , Can turn and tame the sterner heart ; From these 34 THE GIAOUR .
... thine hour of need , Or blade to bid thy foeman bleed ; But if a dagger's form it bear , Let those who shape its edge , beware ! Thus passion's fire , and woman's art , Can turn and tame the sterner heart ; From these 34 THE GIAOUR .
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