The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life |
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... lines I ever attempted at Harrow were addressed to you . You were to have seen them ; but Sinclair had the copy in his possession when we went home ; -and on our return , we were strangers . They were destroyed ; but you will perceive ...
... lines I ever attempted at Harrow were addressed to you . You were to have seen them ; but Sinclair had the copy in his possession when we went home ; -and on our return , we were strangers . They were destroyed ; but you will perceive ...
Page 43
... lines : - " My epitaph shall be my name alone ; If that with honour fail to crown my clay , Oh may no other fame my deeds repay ! That , only that , shall single out the spot , By that remember'd , or with that forgot . " In the autumn ...
... lines : - " My epitaph shall be my name alone ; If that with honour fail to crown my clay , Oh may no other fame my deeds repay ! That , only that , shall single out the spot , By that remember'd , or with that forgot . " In the autumn ...
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... lines in the Siege of Corinth : — " Like the figures on arras that gloomily glare , Stirr'd by the breath of the wintry air , So seen by the dying lamp's fitful light , Lifeless , but life - like , and awful to sight ; As they seem ...
... lines in the Siege of Corinth : — " Like the figures on arras that gloomily glare , Stirr'd by the breath of the wintry air , So seen by the dying lamp's fitful light , Lifeless , but life - like , and awful to sight ; As they seem ...
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... lines beginning , " In thee I fondly hoped to clasp , " which were printed in his first unpublished volume , but are not contained in the editions that followed . He also repeated to her the verses , " When to this airy hall my fathers ...
... lines beginning , " In thee I fondly hoped to clasp , " which were printed in his first unpublished volume , but are not contained in the editions that followed . He also repeated to her the verses , " When to this airy hall my fathers ...
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... lines per hour — so much for inspiration ! Adieu ! " By Mr. Pigot I have been favoured with further recollections of their visit to Harrowgate , which I give in his own words : - " You ask me to recall some anecdotes of the time we ...
... lines per hour — so much for inspiration ! Adieu ! " By Mr. Pigot I have been favoured with further recollections of their visit to Harrowgate , which I give in his own words : - " You ask me to recall some anecdotes of the time we ...
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