The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - Bookbinding |
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... tears , he gave himself to fame . XXXI . They keep his dust in Arqua , where he died ; ( 16 ) The mountain - village where his latter days Went down the vale of years ; and ' tis their pride- An honest pride - and let it be their praise ...
... tears , he gave himself to fame . XXXI . They keep his dust in Arqua , where he died ; ( 16 ) The mountain - village where his latter days Went down the vale of years ; and ' tis their pride- An honest pride - and let it be their praise ...
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... tears and praises of all time ; while thine Would rot in its oblivion — in the sink Of worthless dust , which from thy boasted line Is shaken into nothing ; but the link Thou formest in his fortunes bids us think Of thy poor malice ...
... tears and praises of all time ; while thine Would rot in its oblivion — in the sink Of worthless dust , which from thy boasted line Is shaken into nothing ; but the link Thou formest in his fortunes bids us think Of thy poor malice ...
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... tears of thy distress ; XLIII . Then might'st thou more appal ; or , less desired , Be homely and be peaceful , undeplored For thy destructive charms ; then , still untired , Would not be seen the armed torrents pour'd Down the deep ...
... tears of thy distress ; XLIII . Then might'st thou more appal ; or , less desired , Be homely and be peaceful , undeplored For thy destructive charms ; then , still untired , Would not be seen the armed torrents pour'd Down the deep ...
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... tears And blood of earth flow on as they have flow'd , An universal deluge , which appears Without an ark for wretched man's abode , And ebbs but to reflow ! -Renew thy rainbow , God ! XCIII . What from this barren being do we reap ...
... tears And blood of earth flow on as they have flow'd , An universal deluge , which appears Without an ark for wretched man's abode , And ebbs but to reflow ! -Renew thy rainbow , God ! XCIII . What from this barren being do we reap ...
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... tear , Ages and realms are crowded in this span , This mountain , whose obliterated plan The pyramid of empires pinnacled , Of Glory's gewgaws shining in the van Till the sun's rays with added flame were fill'd ! Where are its golden ...
... tear , Ages and realms are crowded in this span , This mountain , whose obliterated plan The pyramid of empires pinnacled , Of Glory's gewgaws shining in the van Till the sun's rays with added flame were fill'd ! Where are its golden ...
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Page 271 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 81 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 96 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, •To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll!
Page 96 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean - roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own.
Page 198 - These scenes, their story not unknown, Arise, and make again your own ; Snatch from the ashes of your sires The embers of their former fires ; And he who in the strife expires Will add to theirs a name of fear That Tyranny shall quake to hear...
Page 60 - There is a stern round tower of other days,' Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — What was this tower of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ? — A woman's grave.
Page 83 - When the light shines serene but doth not glare, Then in this magic circle raise the dead : Heroes have trod this spot — 'tis on their dust ye tread. " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls — the World.
Page 196 - The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now, And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy...
Page 225 - But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be 'rent : Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race : There, from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victims, ere they yet expire, Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are withered on the stem.
Page 197 - Hers is the loveliness in death. That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's...