 Was as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray ; An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright ; And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot. A little talk of better...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 277by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Readers - 1912 - 524 pages
...murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot ; A little talk of better days, THE PRISONER OF CHILLON For I was sunk in silence — lost In this last loss,...feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less, I listened, but I could not hear — I called, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 'twas hopeless, but... | |
 | Harold Spender - Alps - 1912 - 316 pages
...transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright, And not a word of murmur—not A groan o'er his untimely lot;— A little talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence—lost In this last loss, of all the most; And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1913 - 274 pages
...transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright, 195 And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot! A little talk of better days, A little...my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence — lost 200 In this last loss, of all the most: And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting nature's feebleness,... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - English language - 1914 - 730 pages
...| Swear. Haml., I, 5, 180. The sense of death is most in apprehension. Meas. for Meas., Ill, I, 78. For I was sunk in silence — lost | In this last loss , of all the mosf. BYRON , Prls. of Chil., VIII. ii. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this colour.... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright; And not a word of murmur, not A groan o'er his c eJe e 7 2 ко In this last loss, of all the most; And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting nature's... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright; And not a word of murmur, not A groan o'er his 1 was sunk in silence — lost too In this last loss, of all the most; And then the, sighs he would... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 530 pages
...A little talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence — lost too In this last loss, of all the most: And then the sighs...feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less. I listened, but I could not hear — 105 I called, for I was wild with fear; I knew 'twas hopeless, but... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 924 pages
...transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright, 195 And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot! A little talk of better days, A little...my own to raise, For I was sunk in silence — lost tea In this last loss, of all the most: And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting nature's feebleness,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright, And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his tch'd his father on a bloody bier, And roused the...blood alone could quell. 206 He rush'd into the fi 200 In this last loss, of all the most : And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting nature's... | |
 | English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...eye of most transparent lif That almost made the dungeo And not a word of murmur — A groan o'er his npractised that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what :is contrary. That virtue there — lo It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard ; And mine was thankful,... | |
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