 We'll cull the flowers that grow above the dead, For these most bloom where rests the warrior's head; And we will sit in twilight's face, and see The sweet moon glancing through the tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 185by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bounty Mutiny, 1789 - 1823 - 108 pages
...the tooa tree, 10 The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below ; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle with rocky giants o'er the main, * The first three sections are taken from an actual song of the Tonga Islanders, of which a prose translation... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...through the tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below ; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle...! Even he too loves at times the blue lagoon, And smoothes his ruffled mane beneath the moon. Yes — from the sepulchre we '11 gather flowers, Then... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 332 pages
...tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing hough Shall sadly please us as we lean helow; Or climh the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle with rocky giants o'er the main, Which spurn in columns hack the haffled spray. How heautiful are these! how happy they, Who, from the. toil and tumult of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 648 pages
...the tooa tree, 10 The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle with rocky giants o'er the main, * The first three sections are taken from an actual song of the Tonga Islanders, of which a prose translation... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...through the tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle with rocky giants o'er the main, Who from the toil and tumult of their lives, Steal to look down where nought but Ocean strives ! Even... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 pages
...through the tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle...baffled spray. How beautiful are these! how happy they, 29. Who, from the toil and tumult of their lives, Steal to look down where nought but ocean strives... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...through the tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle...Which spurn in columns back the baffled spray. How beantiful are these ! how happy they, Who, from the toil and tumult of their lives, Steal to look down... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...of whose sighing bnagh Shall sadly please us as we lean below; Or climb the steep, and view the -ml in vain Wrestle with rocky giants o'er the main, Which spurn in columns back (lie baHlcd spray. How beautiful are these! how happy they, Who, from the toil and tumult of their... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...through the toon tree, The lofty accents of whose sighing hough Shall sadly please us as we lean below; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle with rocky giants o'er tbe main, * * The now celebrated l>rrad-fniit, to (ranipUntvhïdi Captiln Hligti'* «pt-diiioa va«... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...through the tooa tree, The lofty accents of whose vighing bough Shall sadly please us as we lean below ; Or climb the steep, and view the surf in vain Wrestle...and tumult of their lives, Steal to look down where nonght but Ocean strives ! Even he too loves at times the blue lagoon, And smooths his ruffled wane... | |
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