| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1813 - 536 pages
...There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sighed farewell! X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 'twas there the spirit wrought... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 572 pages
...There was a laughing Devil ia his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sighed farewell ! ' Slight are the outward sign* of evil thought, Within — within — 'twa* there th? spirit wrought... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sighed farewell! X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 'twas there the spirit wrought!... | |
| Literature - 1814 - 680 pages
...There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sighed farewell 5 Lone, wild, and strange, he stood alike exemptFrom all affection and from all contempt : His name... | |
| Jeremiah Brandreth, William Brodie Gurney - Luddites - 1817 - 516 pages
...There was a laughing devil in his sneer, That roused emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and mercy sighed farewell." i Gentlemen, I am sure you will forgive the length of this beautiful extract, on account of its singular... | |
| English literature - 1814 - 1032 pages
...There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, Thai raised émotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled— and Mercy sighed farewell! None are all evil — clinging round his heart, One softer feeling would not yet depart ; Oft could... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sighed farewell I X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 'twas there the spirit wrought... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 468 pages
...There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sighed farewell ! X. Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within — within — 'twas there the spirit wrought... | |
| Isaac Wilkinson (of Cockermouth.) - 1824 - 132 pages
...cruel deeds to distant ages borne,— The despot Richard, still is England's scorn ; For where his frown of hatred darkly fell •' ' Hope withering fled,, and mercy sighed farewell! In vain he begs to go where Lethe rolls Its magic waters to departed souls. Here, at a distance, through... | |
| Isaac Wilkinson - 1824 - 126 pages
...cruel deeds to distant ages borne, — The despot Richard, still is England's scorn ; For where his frown of hatred darkly fell Hope withering fled, and mercy sighed farewell ! In vain he begs to go where Lethe rolls Its magic waters to departed souls. Here, at a distance,... | |
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