 As once I wept, if I could weep My tears might well be shed, To think I was not near to keep One vigil o'er thy bed; To gaze, how fondly ! on thy face, To fold thee in a faint embrace, Uphold thy drooping head; And show that love, however vain, Nor thou...  The works of Lord Byron - Page 148by George Gordon Noël Byron Byron - 1830Full view - About this book
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...not decay'd; As stars that shoot along the sky Shine brightest as they fall from hT'rh. VOL. in. f, o 7. As once I wept, if I could weep, My tears might...thy drooping head; -. And show that love, however vail), Nor thou nor I can feel again. 8. Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me... | |
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...The leaves must drop away : And yet it were a greater grief To watch it withering, leaf by leaf, 4. 6. I know not if I could have borne To see thy beauties...fondly ! on thy face, To fold thee in a faint embrace, 247 8. Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free, The loveliest things that... | |
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...Extinguish'd, not decay'd ; As stars that shoot along the sky Shine brightest as they fall from high. As once I wept, if I could weep, My tears might well...love, however vain, Nor thou nor I can feel again. 7. 8. Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free, The loveliest things that still... | |
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...Extinguish'd, not decay'd ; As stars that shoot along the sky Shine brightest as they fall from high. As once I wept, if I could weep My tears might well...love, however vain, Nor thou nor I can feel again. Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free, The loveliest things that still remain,... | |
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...Extinguish'd. not decay'd, As stars that shoot along the sky Shine brightest ere they fall from high. As once I wept, if I could weep, My tears might well...thee in a faint embrace, Uphold thy drooping head ; . Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free, The loveliest things that still... | |
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