As then to me he seem'd to fly ; And then new tears came in my eye, And I felt troubled — and would fain I had not left my recent chain ; And when I did descend again, The darkness of my dim abode Fell on me as a heavy load ; It was as is a new-dug... The Works of Lord Byron - Page 284by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823Full view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...year, these victims of • jnrispruAs then to me be seem 41 to il\ , And then new tears came in m> on« we sought to savf, — And yet my glance, too much oppress'd, Had almost need of such a rest.... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 464 pages
...sometimes condescends to make of them—a use which at times has reminded us of his own powerful simile, "It was as is a new-dug grave, Closing o'er one we sought to save." Before we part, however, we feel ourselves impelled to resume a consideration of his Pilgrimage, not... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd ordon N. Byron opprcss'd, Had almost need of such a rest. XIV. It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methoogbt he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd to fly ; And then new tears came in my eye, And I fell troubled — and would fain I had not left my recent chain ; And when I did descend again, The... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...rising blast, — Methought he never flew so fast THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. As then to me he seemed to fly, And then new tears came in my eye, And I felt...one we sought to save, And yet my glance, too much oppressed, Had almost need of such a rest. XIV. It might be months, or years, or days, — I kept no... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...then to me he secm'd to fly, And then new tears came in my eje, And I felt troubled — and would faui habits Of early delicacy render more N op prest, Had almost need of such a rest. XIV. It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...; 316 317 The eagle rode the rising blast, Melhought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd to fly, And then new tears came in my eye. And I felt troubled — and would faiii I had not left my recent chain ; And when I did descend again, The darkness of my dim abode Fell... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Mcthought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in oppress'd, Had almost need of such a rest XIV. It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...seemed joyous, each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, — Methought he never flew so fast The darkness of my dim abode, Fell on me as a heavy...new-dug grave, Closing o'er one we sought to save. 8. At last men came to set us free, I asked not why, and recked not where ; It was at length the same... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd to fly, And then new tears came in my eye, And I felt troubled — and would fain THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. 285 I had not left my recent chain ; And when I did descend again, The daskness... | |
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