The Complete Poetical Works of Lord ByronHoughton, Mifflin, 1905 - 1055 pages |
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... past - he sinks upon the sand ! LXXIX Where his vast neck just mingles with the spine , Sheathed in his form the deadly weapon lies . He stops , he starts , disdaining to decline ; Slowly he falls amidst triumphant cries , Without a ...
... past - he sinks upon the sand ! LXXIX Where his vast neck just mingles with the spine , Sheathed in his form the deadly weapon lies . He stops , he starts , disdaining to decline ; Slowly he falls amidst triumphant cries , Without a ...
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... past , Revel and feast assumed the rule again . Now all was bustle , and the menial train Prepared and spread the plenteous board within ; The vacant gallery now seem'd made in vain , But from the chambers came the min- gling din , As ...
... past , Revel and feast assumed the rule again . Now all was bustle , and the menial train Prepared and spread the plenteous board within ; The vacant gallery now seem'd made in vain , But from the chambers came the min- gling din , As ...
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... past the danger- ous swamp , Kinder than polish'd slaves though not so bland , And piled the hearth , and wrung their garments damp , And fill'd the bowl , and trimm'd the cheerful lamp , And spread their fare , though homely , all they ...
... past the danger- ous swamp , Kinder than polish'd slaves though not so bland , And piled the hearth , and wrung their garments damp , And fill'd the bowl , and trimm'd the cheerful lamp , And spread their fare , though homely , all they ...
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... past Shall pilgrims , pensive , but unwearied , throng ; Long shall the voyager , with th ' Ionian blast , Hail the bright clime of battle and of song ; Long shall thine annals and immortal tongue Fill with thy fame the youth of many a ...
... past Shall pilgrims , pensive , but unwearied , throng ; Long shall the voyager , with th ' Ionian blast , Hail the bright clime of battle and of song ; Long shall thine annals and immortal tongue Fill with thy fame the youth of many a ...
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... past existence , but which cannot poison my future while I retain the resource of your friendship and of my own faculties , will henceforth have a more agree- able recollection for both , inasmuch as it will remind us of this my attempt ...
... past existence , but which cannot poison my future while I retain the resource of your friendship and of my own faculties , will henceforth have a more agree- able recollection for both , inasmuch as it will remind us of this my attempt ...
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Page 222 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 38 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
Page 222 - And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the...
Page 39 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated ; who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise...
Page 82 - Thy waters wash'd them power while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou; Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play, Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow: Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Page 49 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 82 - t was a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 82 - His steps are not upon thy paths — thy fields Are not a spoil for him — thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering, in thy playful spray, And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay.
Page 39 - Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low.
Page 812 - A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his!