The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2John Murray, 1828 |
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... living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet , so deadly fair , We start , for soul is wanting there . Hers is the loveliness in death , That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom , That hue which haunts it ...
... living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet , so deadly fair , We start , for soul is wanting there . Hers is the loveliness in death , That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom , That hue which haunts it ...
Page 9
... living page , Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings , in dusty darkness hid , Have left a nameless pyramid , Thy heroes , though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb , A mightier monument command , The mountains ...
... living page , Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings , in dusty darkness hid , Have left a nameless pyramid , Thy heroes , though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb , A mightier monument command , The mountains ...
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... living stream : I gazed , till vanishing from view , Like lessening pebble it withdrew ; Still less and less , a speck of white That gemm'd the tide , then mock'd the sight ; And all its hidden secrets sleep , Known but to c 3 THE ...
... living stream : I gazed , till vanishing from view , Like lessening pebble it withdrew ; Still less and less , a speck of white That gemm'd the tide , then mock'd the sight ; And all its hidden secrets sleep , Known but to c 3 THE ...
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... living corse : Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire , As cursing thee , thou cursing them , Thy flowers are wither'd on the stem . But one that for thy crime must fall , The youngest , most beloved of all ...
... living corse : Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire , As cursing thee , thou cursing them , Thy flowers are wither'd on the stem . But one that for thy crime must fall , The youngest , most beloved of all ...
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... living fear . " I wander , father ! for my soul 66 66 Is fleeting towards the final goal . I saw her , friar ! and I rose Forgetful of our former woes ; " And rushing from my couch , I dart , " And clasp her to my desperate heart ; " C ...
... living fear . " I wander , father ! for my soul 66 66 Is fleeting towards the final goal . I saw her , friar ! and I rose Forgetful of our former woes ; " And rushing from my couch , I dart , " And clasp her to my desperate heart ; " C ...
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