The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2John Murray, 1828 |
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... advancing , Start on the fisher's eye like boat Of island - pirate or Mainote ; And fearful for his light caique , He shuns the near but doubtful creek : Though worn and weary with his toil , And cumber'd 10 THE GIAOUR .
... advancing , Start on the fisher's eye like boat Of island - pirate or Mainote ; And fearful for his light caique , He shuns the near but doubtful creek : Though worn and weary with his toil , And cumber'd 10 THE GIAOUR .
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... light That best becomes an Eastern night . Who thundering comes on blackest steed , With slacken'd bit and hoof of speed ? Beneath the clattering iron's sound The cavern'd echoes wake around In lash for lash , and bound for bound ; The ...
... light That best becomes an Eastern night . Who thundering comes on blackest steed , With slacken'd bit and hoof of speed ? Beneath the clattering iron's sound The cavern'd echoes wake around In lash for lash , and bound for bound ; The ...
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... light , And hear its melody by night . And oft had Hassan's Childhood play'd Around the verge of that cascade ; And oft upon his mother's breast That sound had harmonized his rest ; And oft had Hassan's Youth along Its bank been soothed ...
... light , And hear its melody by night . And oft had Hassan's Childhood play'd Around the verge of that cascade ; And oft upon his mother's breast That sound had harmonized his rest ; And oft had Hassan's Youth along Its bank been soothed ...
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... ) trembling light , The Giaour upon his jet black steed Was seen , but seen alone to speed With bloody spur along the shore , Nor maid nor page behind him bore . * * Her eye's dark charm ' twere vain to tell , 20 THE GIAour .
... ) trembling light , The Giaour upon his jet black steed Was seen , but seen alone to speed With bloody spur along the shore , Nor maid nor page behind him bore . * * Her eye's dark charm ' twere vain to tell , 20 THE GIAour .
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... light ; Beneath , a river's wintry stream Has shrunk before the summer beam , And left a channel bleak and bare , Save shrubs that spring to perish there : Each side the midway path there lay Small broken crags THE GIAOUR . 23.
... light ; Beneath , a river's wintry stream Has shrunk before the summer beam , And left a channel bleak and bare , Save shrubs that spring to perish there : Each side the midway path there lay Small broken crags THE GIAOUR . 23.
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