The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq, Volume 10John Murray, 1832 |
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... dead ! Expende quot libras in duce summo invenies ? ' I knew they were light in the balance of mortality ; but I thought their living dust weighed more carats . Alas ! this imperial diamond hath a flaw in it , and is now hardly fit to ...
... dead ! Expende quot libras in duce summo invenies ? ' I knew they were light in the balance of mortality ; but I thought their living dust weighed more carats . Alas ! this imperial diamond hath a flaw in it , and is now hardly fit to ...
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... dead , That still beside his open'd volume lay , As if to startle all save him away y ? Why slept he not when others were at rest ? Why heard no music , and received no guest ? All was not well , they deem'd — but where the wrong ? Some ...
... dead , That still beside his open'd volume lay , As if to startle all save him away y ? Why slept he not when others were at rest ? Why heard no music , and received no guest ? All was not well , they deem'd — but where the wrong ? Some ...
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... dead . VIII . Within that land was many a malcontent , Who cursed the tyranny to which he bent ; That soil full many a wringing despot saw , Who work'd his wantonness in form of law ; Long war without and frequent broil within Had made ...
... dead . VIII . Within that land was many a malcontent , Who cursed the tyranny to which he bent ; That soil full many a wringing despot saw , Who work'd his wantonness in form of law ; Long war without and frequent broil within Had made ...
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... dead . XI . Fresh with the nerve the new - born impulse strung , The first success to Lara's numbers clung : But that vain victory hath ruin'd all ; They form no longer to their leader's call : In blind confusion on the foe they press ...
... dead . XI . Fresh with the nerve the new - born impulse strung , The first success to Lara's numbers clung : But that vain victory hath ruin'd all ; They form no longer to their leader's call : In blind confusion on the foe they press ...
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... dead , The cloven cuirass , and the helmless head ; The war - horse masterless is on the earth , And that last gasp hath burst his bloody girth ; And near , yet quivering with what life remain'd , The heel that urged him and the hand ...
... dead , The cloven cuirass , and the helmless head ; The war - horse masterless is on the earth , And that last gasp hath burst his bloody girth ; And near , yet quivering with what life remain'd , The heel that urged him and the hand ...
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