The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volume 3R. W. Pomeroy, 1824 |
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... Heaven bids us to forgive our enemies . Doge . Doth Heaven forgive her own ? Is Satan saved From wrath eternal ? An . Do not speak thus wildly- Heaven will alike forgive you and your foes . Doge . Amen ! May Heaven forgive them . An ...
... Heaven bids us to forgive our enemies . Doge . Doth Heaven forgive her own ? Is Satan saved From wrath eternal ? An . Do not speak thus wildly- Heaven will alike forgive you and your foes . Doge . Amen ! May Heaven forgive them . An ...
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... heaven ; for I have never Repented for my sake ; sometimes for yours , In pondering o'er your late disquietudes . Doge . I knew my heart would never treat you harshly ; I knew my days could not disturb you long ; And then the daughter ...
... heaven ; for I have never Repented for my sake ; sometimes for yours , In pondering o'er your late disquietudes . Doge . I knew my heart would never treat you harshly ; I knew my days could not disturb you long ; And then the daughter ...
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... heaven - to your mild virtues- To your own faith and honour , for my own . An . You have done well . - I thank you for that trust , Which I have never for one moment ceased To honour you the more for . Doge . Where is honour , Innate ...
... heaven - to your mild virtues- To your own faith and honour , for my own . An . You have done well . - I thank you for that trust , Which I have never for one moment ceased To honour you the more for . Doge . Where is honour , Innate ...
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... Heaven you were not - all had else been marr'd : As ' tis , our cause looks prosperous still . Ca. The Doge - what answer gave he ? Is . Ber . You saw That there was No punishment for such as Barbaro . Ca. I told you so before , and ...
... Heaven you were not - all had else been marr'd : As ' tis , our cause looks prosperous still . Ca. The Doge - what answer gave he ? Is . Ber . You saw That there was No punishment for such as Barbaro . Ca. I told you so before , and ...
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... death as beautiful , So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven , And draw down freedom on her evermore . Ca. But if we fail . Is . Ber . They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their 52 Act II . MARINO FALIERO ,
... death as beautiful , So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven , And draw down freedom on her evermore . Ca. But if we fail . Is . Ber . They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their 52 Act II . MARINO FALIERO ,
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Page 176 - And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away...
Page 185 - I thought of this, and I was glad, For thought of them had made me mad ; But I was curious to ascend To my barr'd windows, and to bend Once more, upon the mountains high, The quiet of a loving eye.
Page 187 - These heavy walls to me had grown A hermitage — and all my own ! And half I felt as they were come To tear me from a second home : With spiders I had friendship made, And watch'd them in their sullen trade...
Page 178 - Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls: A thousand feet in depth below Its massy waters meet and flow; Thus much the fathom-line was sent From Chillon's snow-white battlement, Which round about the wave enthralls: A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave.
Page 182 - The last, the sole, the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 187 - With spiders I had friendship made, And watched them in their sullen trade; Had seen the mice by moonlight play — And why should I feel less than they? We were all inmates of one place, And I, the monarch of each race, Had power to kill; yet, strange to tell! In quiet we had learned to dwell. My very chains and I grew friends, So much a long communion tends To make us what we are: — even I Regained my freedom with a sigh.
Page 179 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it...
Page 180 - Like brutes within an iron den ; But what were these to us or him? These wasted not his heart or limb ; My brother's soul was of that mould Which in a palace had grown cold, Had his free breathing been denied The range of the steep mountain's side; But why delay the truth?
Page 187 - It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count — I took no note, I had no hope my eyes to raise And clear them of their dreary mote ; At last men came to set me free...
Page 175 - 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...