The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1J. Murray, 1823 - Bookbinding |
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... mortal ken Than those whereof such things the bard relates , Who to the awe - struck world unlock'd Elysium's gates ? XIX . The horrid crags , by toppling convent crown'd , The cork - trees hoar that clothe the shaggy steep , The ...
... mortal ken Than those whereof such things the bard relates , Who to the awe - struck world unlock'd Elysium's gates ? XIX . The horrid crags , by toppling convent crown'd , The cork - trees hoar that clothe the shaggy steep , The ...
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... mortal eye can compass sight , The mountain - howitzer , the broken road , The bristling palisade , the fosse o'er - flow'd , The station'd bands , the never - vacant watch , The magazine in rocky durance stow'd , The holster'd steed ...
... mortal eye can compass sight , The mountain - howitzer , the broken road , The bristling palisade , the fosse o'er - flow'd , The station'd bands , the never - vacant watch , The magazine in rocky durance stow'd , The holster'd steed ...
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... mortal fire , Behold a train more fitting to inspire The song of love than Andalusia's maids , Nurst in the glowing lap of soft desire : Ah ! that to these were given such peaceful shades As Greece can still bestow , though Glory fly ...
... mortal fire , Behold a train more fitting to inspire The song of love than Andalusia's maids , Nurst in the glowing lap of soft desire : Ah ! that to these were given such peaceful shades As Greece can still bestow , though Glory fly ...
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... mortal eye the distant end foresees . Fall'n nations gaze on Spain ; if freed , she frees More than her fell Pizarros once enchain'd : Strange retribution ! now Columbia's ease Repairs the wrongs that Quito's sons sustain'd , While o'er ...
... mortal eye the distant end foresees . Fall'n nations gaze on Spain ; if freed , she frees More than her fell Pizarros once enchain'd : Strange retribution ! now Columbia's ease Repairs the wrongs that Quito's sons sustain'd , While o'er ...
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... mortal song inspire- Goddess of Wisdom ! here thy temple was , And is , despite of war and wasting fire , ( 1 ) And years , that bade thy worship to expire : But worse than steel , and flame , and ages slow , Is the dread sceptre and ...
... mortal song inspire- Goddess of Wisdom ! here thy temple was , And is , despite of war and wasting fire , ( 1 ) And years , that bade thy worship to expire : But worse than steel , and flame , and ages slow , Is the dread sceptre and ...
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Page 237 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 236 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page 238 - Cameron's gathering" rose ! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard too have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 253 - The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
Page 228 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Page 88 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress ! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flattered, followed, sought and sued ; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!
Page 263 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...
Page 117 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought ? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? no ! True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will Freedom's altars flame.
Page 226 - Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
Page 271 - Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.