 And marked the mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And but for that chill, changeless...  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Page 84by Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1830 - 426 pages
...of the view, and the only use to which we turn the I Knight* of Malta," — a "History of Muaic» " Who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is lied, ****** Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...Health on the other, thou fallest, an unwieldy and bloated pageant, to the ground GREECE. — Byron; HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...Decay's effacing fingers And marked the mild angelic air, Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And—but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now, Where... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...50. THE BEAUTIFUL, BUT STILL AND MELANCHOLY ASPECT OF THE ONCE BUSY AND GLORIOUS SHORES OF GREECE. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not — wins not — weeps not... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...or fast, The tie which bound the first endures the last. [From The Giaour.] THE FIRST DAY OF DEATH. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...freed inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers), And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The fix'd, yet tender traits that... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...freed inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'.er the dead, Ere the first...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers), And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The fix'd, yet tender traits that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 384 pages
...freed inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead(') Ere the first...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) (1) [If once the public notice is drawn to a poet, the talents he exhibits on a nearer view, the weight... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 394 pages
...freed inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead (') Ere the first...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) (1) [If once the public notice is drawn to a poet, the talents he exhibits on a nearer view, the weight... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...grammarian's work, would be to suppose that Newton made the stars or Werner the mountains. GREECE. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd yet tender traits... | |
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