A Selection from the Works of Lord ByronEdward Moxon & Company, 1866 - 244 pages |
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... of Byron some few degrees below an equal rank . One native and incurable defect grew up and strengthened side by side with his noblest qualities : a feeble and faulty sense of metre . No poet of equal or inferior xii PREFACE .
... of Byron some few degrees below an equal rank . One native and incurable defect grew up and strengthened side by side with his noblest qualities : a feeble and faulty sense of metre . No poet of equal or inferior xii PREFACE .
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... grew higher it grew shapelier ; the branches it put forth on all sides were fairer of leaf and fuller of fruit than its earlier offshoots had promised . But from these hardly a stray bud or twig can be plucked off by way of sample . No ...
... grew higher it grew shapelier ; the branches it put forth on all sides were fairer of leaf and fuller of fruit than its earlier offshoots had promised . But from these hardly a stray bud or twig can be plucked off by way of sample . No ...
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... grew up in the grave and bitter imagination of a Spanish poet , steeped in the dyes and heated by the flames of hell , appears even in the hands of Molière diminished , and fallen as it were from Satan to Belial ; but still splendid ...
... grew up in the grave and bitter imagination of a Spanish poet , steeped in the dyes and heated by the flames of hell , appears even in the hands of Molière diminished , and fallen as it were from Satan to Belial ; but still splendid ...
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... grew thy cheek and cold , Colder thy kiss ; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this . The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow- It felt like the warning Of what I feel now . Thy vows are all broken , And light is thy fame : I hear ...
... grew thy cheek and cold , Colder thy kiss ; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this . The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow- It felt like the warning Of what I feel now . Thy vows are all broken , And light is thy fame : I hear ...
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... grew it white In a single night , As men's have grown from sudden fears : My limbs are bow'd , though not with toil , But rusted with a vile repose , For they have been a dungeon's spoil , And mine has been the fate of those To whom the ...
... grew it white In a single night , As men's have grown from sudden fears : My limbs are bow'd , though not with toil , But rusted with a vile repose , For they have been a dungeon's spoil , And mine has been the fate of those To whom the ...
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AHOLIBAMAH AMBRACIAN GULF Anah angels appear'd Asmodeus beauty behold beneath blood breast breath brow Byron chain CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE clay clime clouds damn'd dark dead death deep Don Juan dream dust earth EDWARD MOXON EPISTLE TO AUGUSTA eternal eyes face fair father feel flowers foam gazed GIAOUR glory gone grave grew Haidée hand hath heart heaven hell hope hour human clay immortal Japh knew less light live look look'd Michael Molière mortal mountains ne'er never night o'er ocean once pass'd passion Pedrillo perish'd poem poets praise round Saint Peter SAME.-CANTO Samian wine Satan seem'd shore sigh silent skies sleep son of Noah soul spirit STANZAS stars sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought turn'd Twas verse voice walls waters wave weep wind wings young