Selections from Byron: Childe Harold, Canto IV, The Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa, and Other PoemsGinn, 1911 - 185 pages |
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... waves in every raven tress , Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure , how dear their dwelling - place . III And on that cheek , and o'er that brow , So soft , so calm , yet eloquent , The ...
... waves in every raven tress , Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure , how dear their dwelling - place . III And on that cheek , and o'er that brow , So soft , so calm , yet eloquent , The ...
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... wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee . II 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 ...
... wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee . II 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 ...
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... waves lie still and gleaming , And the lulled winds seem dreaming : II And the Midnight Moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep ; Whose breast is gently heaving , As an infant's asleep : So the spirit bows before thee , To listen ...
... waves lie still and gleaming , And the lulled winds seem dreaming : II And the Midnight Moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep ; Whose breast is gently heaving , As an infant's asleep : So the spirit bows before thee , To listen ...
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... 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 about the wave enthralls : A double dungeon 22 SELECTIONS FROM BYRON.
... 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 about the wave enthralls : A double dungeon 22 SELECTIONS FROM BYRON.
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... wave enthralls : A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave . Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay : We heard it ripple night and day ; 1 Sounding o'er our heads it knocked ; And I ...
... wave enthralls : A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave . Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay : We heard it ripple night and day ; 1 Sounding o'er our heads it knocked ; And I ...
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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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