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... Misitra , led to the abandonment of that enterprise , and to the desolation of the Morea , during which the cruelty exercised on all sides was unparalleled even in the annals of the faithful . THE GIAOUR . No breath of air to break the.
... Misitra , led to the abandonment of that enterprise , and to the desolation of the Morea , during which the cruelty exercised on all sides was unparalleled even in the annals of the faithful . THE GIAOUR . No breath of air to break the.
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... break the wave That rolls below the Athenian's grave , That tomb ( 1 ) which , gleaming o'er the cliff , First greets the homeward - veering skiff , High o'er the land he saved in vain : When shall such hero live again ? * * Fair clime ...
... break the wave That rolls below the Athenian's grave , That tomb ( 1 ) which , gleaming o'er the cliff , First greets the homeward - veering skiff , High o'er the land he saved in vain : When shall such hero live again ? * * Fair clime ...
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... breaking wave , Roused by the blast of winter , rave ; Through sparkling spray , in thundering clash , The lightnings of the waters flash In awful whiteness o'er the shore , That shines and shakes beneath the roar ; Thus - as the stream ...
... breaking wave , Roused by the blast of winter , rave ; Through sparkling spray , in thundering clash , The lightnings of the waters flash In awful whiteness o'er the shore , That shines and shakes beneath the roar ; Thus - as the stream ...
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... break - before it bend again . * * * * * * * * If solitude succeed to grief , Release from pain is slight relief ; The vacant bosom's wilderness Might thank the pang that made it less . We loathe what none are left to share : Even bliss ...
... break - before it bend again . * * * * * * * * If solitude succeed to grief , Release from pain is slight relief ; The vacant bosom's wilderness Might thank the pang that made it less . We loathe what none are left to share : Even bliss ...
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... breaking heart and throbbing head " Should seek and share her narrow bed . " She was a form of life and light , " That , seen , became a part of sight ; " And rose , where'er I turn'd mine eye , " The Morning - star of Memory ! " Yes ...
... breaking heart and throbbing head " Should seek and share her narrow bed . " She was a form of life and light , " That , seen , became a part of sight ; " And rose , where'er I turn'd mine eye , " The Morning - star of Memory ! " Yes ...
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Page 8 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd...
Page 373 - With flowing tail, and flying mane, Wide nostrils — never...
Page 8 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon,; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd! (5) Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Page 65 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, " Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, " Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, "Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 321 - I saw them, and they were the same, They were not changed like me in frame ; I saw their thousand years of snow On high — their wide long lake below, And the blue Rhone in fullest flow...
Page 65 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense — the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way...
Page 317 - MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor 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 goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare...
Page 18 - O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer Invites the young pursuer near, And leads him on from flower to flower A weary chase and wasted hour, Then leaves him, as it soars on high, With panting heart and tearful eye...
Page 151 - At times resign his own for others' good. But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That sway'd him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none would do beside ; And this same impulse would, in tempting time, Mislead his spirit equally to crime ; So much he...
Page 105 - Salamis! Their azure arches through the long expanse More deeply purpled meet his mellowing glance, And tenderest tints, along their summits driven, Mark his gay course, and own the hues of heaven ; Till, darkly shaded from the land and deep, Behind his Delphian cliff he sinks to sleep.