| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...memory of buried love; Pun?, as the ргаут which childhood \vafu above: W;is she — the tlauglii < of that rude old chief. Who met the maid with tears — but out of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one sp» rk of beauty s heaveuly ray... | |
| George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...childhood wafts above— Was she — the daughUr of that rude old chief. Who met the maid with t.-ars — but not of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words...doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart, confess The might, the majesty,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...dreams Elysian, And paints (be lost on earih revived in heaven ; oft, as the memory of buried love ; Pure, as the prayer which childhood wafts above :...the maid with tears — but not of grief. Who hath nol proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of beauty's heavenly ray? Who doth not feel, until... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 384 pages
...dreams Elysian, And paints the lost on Earth revived in Heaven ; Soft, as the memory of buried love ; Pure, as the prayer which Childhood wafts above ;...doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, (1) [These twelve fine lines were added in the course of printing. —... | |
| W H. Armstrong - 1832 - 298 pages
...cavalier. THE PEERLESS. " O she was lovely as the first-born Eve, Fresh from the sculpture of the Deity." " Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix...doth not feel until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might — the majesty... | |
| W H. Armstrong - 1832 - 286 pages
...cavalier. THE PEERLESS. " O she was lovely as the first-born Eve, Fresh from the sculpture of the Deity." " Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix...doth not feel until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might— the majesty... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1833 - 388 pages
...dreams Elysian, And paints the lost on Earth revived in Heaven ; Soft, as the memory of buried love ; Pure, as the prayer which Childhood wafts above; Was...daughter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears—but not of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay (') To fix one spark of Beauty's... | |
| 1845 - 778 pages
...first on one, then on another, now softened and mellowed, as the current of her feelings changed. " Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix...doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight. His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might, the majesty... | |
| John Auldjo - Greece - 1835 - 300 pages
...Peri descended from the celestial paradise, flits before my eyes, " rich in all woman's loveliness." " Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix...doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight — His changing cheek — his sinking heart confess The might — the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 386 pages
...dreams Elysian, And paints the lost on Earth revived in Heaven ; ,CSoft, as the memory of buried love ; '(Pure, as the prayer which Childhood wafts above...doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, (1) [These twelve fine lines were added in the course of printing. —... | |
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