The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page 37
... song , and dared the deed of war ? And she , whom once the semblance of a scar Appalled , an owlet's larum chilled with dread , Now views the column - scattering bay'net jar , The falchion flash , and o'er the yet warm dead Stalks with ...
... song , and dared the deed of war ? And she , whom once the semblance of a scar Appalled , an owlet's larum chilled with dread , Now views the column - scattering bay'net jar , The falchion flash , and o'er the yet warm dead Stalks with ...
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... 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 her glades . LXV . Fair is proud Seville ; let her ...
... 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 her glades . LXV . Fair is proud Seville ; let her ...
Page 43
... song is heard , the rosy garland worn , Devices quaint , and frolics ever new , Tread on each others kibes . A long adieu He bids to sober joy that here sojourns : Nought interrupts the riot , though in lieu Of true devotion monkish ...
... song is heard , the rosy garland worn , Devices quaint , and frolics ever new , Tread on each others kibes . A long adieu He bids to sober joy that here sojourns : Nought interrupts the riot , though in lieu Of true devotion monkish ...
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... song ; But who may smile that sinks beneath his fate ? Nought that he saw his sadness could abate : Yet once he struggled ' gainst the demon's sway , And as in Beauty's bower he pensive sate , Poured forth this unpremeditated lay , To ...
... song ; But who may smile that sinks beneath his fate ? Nought that he saw his sadness could abate : Yet once he struggled ' gainst the demon's sway , And as in Beauty's bower he pensive sate , Poured forth this unpremeditated lay , To ...
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... song inspire Goddess of Wisdom ! here thy temple was , And is , despite of war and wasting fire , 1 1 And years , that bade thy worship to expire : But worse than steel , and flame , and ages slow , Is the dread sceptre and dominion ...
... song inspire Goddess of Wisdom ! here thy temple was , And is , despite of war and wasting fire , 1 1 And years , that bade thy worship to expire : But worse than steel , and flame , and ages slow , Is the dread sceptre and dominion ...
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Page 15 - Oh, Christ ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land ! What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree ! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand...
Page 82 - Gul in her bloom? Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute, Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of Ocean is deepest in dye; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine? 'Tis the clime of the East; 'tis the land of the Sun— Can he smile on such deeds as his children have done ? Oh! wild as the accents of lovers...
Page 17 - The sunken glen, whose sunless shrubs must weep, The tender azure of the unruffled deep, The orange tints that gild the greenest bough, The torrents that from cliff to valley leap, The vine on high, the willow branch below, Mix'd in one mighty scene, with varied beauty glow.
Page 106 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Page 27 - Hark ! — heard you not those hoofs of dreadful note ? Sounds not the clang of conflict on the heath? Saw ye not whom the reeking sabre smote ; Nor saved your brethren ere they sank beneath Tyrants and tyrants' slaves? — the fires of death, The bale-fires flash on high : — from rock to rock Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe ; Death rides upon the sulphury siroc, Red battle stamps his foot, and nations feel the shock.
Page 71 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean;. This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.
Page 83 - Zitza!" from thy shady brow, Thou small, but favour'd spot of holy ground ! Where'er we gaze, around, above, below, What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found! Rock, river, forest, mountain all abound, And bluest skies that harmonize the whole : Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll Between those hanging rocks, that shock yet please the soul.
Page 120 - Or, since that hope denied in worlds of strife, Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life ! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray.
Page 101 - 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 99 - Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great! Who now shall lead thy scattered children forth, And long accustomed bondage uncreate?