Selections from Byron: Childe Harold, Canto IV, The Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa, and Other PoemsGinn, 1911 - 185 pages |
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... breath of the gale ? " Surely , the soul of the hero rejoices , And rides on the wind , o'er his own Highland vale ! Round Loch na Garr , while the stormy mist gathers , Winter presides in his cold icy car : Clouds there encircle the ...
... breath of the gale ? " Surely , the soul of the hero rejoices , And rides on the wind , o'er his own Highland vale ! Round Loch na Garr , while the stormy mist gathers , Winter presides in his cold icy car : Clouds there encircle the ...
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... breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom , That hue which haunts it to the tomb , Expression's last receding ray , A gilded Halo hovering round decay , The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame , perchance of ...
... breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom , That hue which haunts it to the tomb , Expression's last receding ray , A gilded Halo hovering round decay , The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame , perchance of ...
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... 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 . V And there lay the rider distorted and pale , 10 SELECTIONS FROM BYRON THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB ΙΟ.
... 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 . V And there lay the rider distorted and pale , 10 SELECTIONS FROM BYRON THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB ΙΟ.
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... breathing been denied The range of the steep mountain's side ; But why delay the truth ? he died . I saw , and could not hold his head , Nor reach his dying hand- nor dead , Though hard I strove , but strove in vain , To rend and gnash ...
... breathing been denied The range of the steep mountain's side ; But why delay the truth ? he died . I saw , and could not hold his head , Nor reach his dying hand- nor dead , Though hard I strove , but strove in vain , To rend and gnash ...
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... breath of dungeon - dew ; The last , the sole , the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink , Which bound me to my failing race , Was broken in this fatal place . One on the earth , and one beneath My brothers both had ceased to ...
... breath of dungeon - dew ; The last , the sole , the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink , Which bound me to my failing race , Was broken in this fatal place . One on the earth , and one beneath My brothers both had ceased to ...
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SELECTIONS FROM BYRON George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, 1788,Samuel Marion 1876 Tucker No preview available - 2016 |
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