The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Childe HaroldJohn Murray, 1817 |
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... turn to linger as you go , From loftier rocks new loveliness survey , And rest ye at our " Lady's house of woe ; ' Where frugal monks their little relics show , And sundry legends to the stranger tell : Here impious men have punished ...
... turn to linger as you go , From loftier rocks new loveliness survey , And rest ye at our " Lady's house of woe ; ' Where frugal monks their little relics show , And sundry legends to the stranger tell : Here impious men have punished ...
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... turn Morena's dusky height Sustains aloft the battery's iron load ; And , far as mortal eye can compass sight , The mountain - howitzer , the broken road , The bristling palisade , the fosse o'er - flowed , The stationed bands , the ...
... turn Morena's dusky height Sustains aloft the battery's iron load ; And , far as mortal eye can compass sight , The mountain - howitzer , the broken road , The bristling palisade , the fosse o'er - flowed , The stationed bands , the ...
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... that here sojourns : Nought interrupts the riot , though in lieu Of true devotion monkish incense burns , And Love and Prayer unite , or rule the hour by turns . LXVIII . The Sabbath comes , a day of blessed Canto I. 45 PILGRIMAGE .
... that here sojourns : Nought interrupts the riot , though in lieu Of true devotion monkish incense burns , And Love and Prayer unite , or rule the hour by turns . LXVIII . The Sabbath comes , a day of blessed Canto I. 45 PILGRIMAGE .
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... her from the blushing toil ? How many a doubtful day shall sink in night , Ere the Frank robber turn him from his spoil , And Freedom's stranger - tree grow native of the soil ! XCI . And thou , my friend ! 19 - 60 Canto I. CHILDE HAROLD'S.
... her from the blushing toil ? How many a doubtful day shall sink in night , Ere the Frank robber turn him from his spoil , And Freedom's stranger - tree grow native of the soil ! XCI . And thou , my friend ! 19 - 60 Canto I. CHILDE HAROLD'S.
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... turn : ' Twas Jove's - ' tis Mahomet's - and other creeds Will rise with other years , till man shall learn Vainly his incense soars , his victim bleeds ; Poor child of Doubt and Death , whose hope is built on reeds . IV . Bound to the ...
... turn : ' Twas Jove's - ' tis Mahomet's - and other creeds Will rise with other years , till man shall learn Vainly his incense soars , his victim bleeds ; Poor child of Doubt and Death , whose hope is built on reeds . IV . Bound to the ...
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Page 68 - Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul: Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! "All that we know is, nothing can be known.
Page 128 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Page 32 - By Heaven ! it is a splendid sight to see (For one who hath no friend, no brother there) Their rival scarfs of mix'd embroidery, Their various arms that glitter in the air ! What gallant war-hounds rouse them from their lair, And gnash their fangs, loud yelling for the prey ! All join the chase, but few the triumph share ; The Grave shall bear the chiefest prize away, And Havoc scarce for joy can number their array.
Page 127 - Eximia veste et victu convivia, ludi, pocula crebra, unguenta coronae serta parantur, nequiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat...
Page 130 - Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep.
Page 105 - Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great! Who now shall lead thy scattered children forth, And long accustomed bondage uncreate?
Page 31 - Lo! where the Giant on the mountain stands, His blood-red tresses deep'ning in the sun, With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands, And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon; Restless it rolls, now fix'd, and now anon Flashing afar, - and at his iron feet Destruction cowers, to mark what deeds are done; For on this morn three potent nations meet, To shed before his shrine the blood he deems most sweet.
Page 89 - Where'er we gaze, around, above, below, What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found! Rock, river, forest, mountain all abound, And bluest skies that harmonize the whole : Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks, that shock yet please the soul.
Page 139 - The Arnaouts, or Albanese, struck me forcibly by their resemblance to the Highlanders of Scotland, in dress, figure, and manner of living. Their very mountains seemed Caledonian, with a kinder climate. The kilt, though white ; the spare, active form ; their dialect, Celtic in its sound, and their hardy habits, all carried me back to Mprven.
Page 23 - Beneath yon mountain's ever beauteous brow : But now, as if a thing unblest by Man, Thy fairy dwelling is as lone as thou ! Here giant weeds a passage scarce allow To halls deserted, portals gaping wide : Fresh lessons to the thinking bosom, how Vain are the pleasaunces on earth supplied ; Swept into wrecks anon by Time's ungentle tide ! XXIV.