Selections from Byron: Childe Harold, Canto IV, The Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa, and Other PoemsGinn, 1911 - 185 pages |
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... foe , Stretch me that moment in blood at thy feet ! Mine be the doom which they dared not to meet . III Farewell to others , but never we part , SONG OF SAUL BEFORE HIS LAST BATTLE 7 SONG OF SAUL BEFORE HIS LAST BATTLE.
... foe , Stretch me that moment in blood at thy feet ! Mine be the doom which they dared not to meet . III Farewell to others , but never we part , SONG OF SAUL BEFORE HIS LAST BATTLE 7 SONG OF SAUL BEFORE HIS LAST BATTLE.
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... feet . The foundations of the castle date from a very early period ; though as it stands , with its one central tower surrounded by towers either semicircular or square , it is essentially of the thirteenth century . In the eighteenth ...
... feet . The foundations of the castle date from a very early period ; though as it stands , with its one central tower surrounded by towers either semicircular or square , it is essentially of the thirteenth century . In the eighteenth ...
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... feet the worst of ills . VI Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls : A thousand feet in depth below Its massy waters meet and flow ; Thus much the fathom - line was sent From Chillon's snow - white battlement , 00 90 100 I 10 Which round ...
... feet the worst of ills . VI Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls : A thousand feet in depth below Its massy waters meet and flow ; Thus much the fathom - line was sent From Chillon's snow - white battlement , 00 90 100 I 10 Which round ...
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... that mould 120 130 140 1 The level of the dungeon is now about ten feet above the lake , and could never at any time have been below its surface . Which in a palace had grown cold , Had his THE PRISONER OF CHILLON 23.
... that mould 120 130 140 1 The level of the dungeon is now about ten feet above the lake , and could never at any time have been below its surface . Which in a palace had grown cold , Had his THE PRISONER OF CHILLON 23.
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... feet — But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more , As if the clouds its echo would repeat ; - And nearer clearer deadlier than before ! - Arm ! Arm ! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar ! XXIV Ah ! then and there was hurrying ...
... feet — But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more , As if the clouds its echo would repeat ; - And nearer clearer deadlier than before ! - Arm ! Arm ! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar ! XXIV Ah ! then and there was hurrying ...
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