 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...sustain 'd my share of worldly shocks, The fault v:,c. mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors wkh defensive paradox ; I have been cunning in mine overthrow....me being gave me that which marr'd The gift, — a I. iff. or will that walk'd astray ; And 1 at times have found the struggle hard, And thought of shaking... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...NON-SYMPATHISERS.No. I. BY GEO. K. TWJJTK, AUTHOB OF " IS IT rKACB ?'* " WOMXS'S LOT*, &c., fcc., lie. " Mm were my faults : and mine be their reward : My whole life was a contest, since the day Tnat gave me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift ; a fate or will that walked astray. And I,... | |
 | Erskine Neale - 1847 - 338 pages
...who has reason to say, "Quorum pars magna fui." CHAPTER V. POYNTZBUHY ; OR, IDENTITY ! AHCBSTKT. " Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life waa a contest, since the day That gave me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift — a fate, or... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...I have sustained my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My erors with defensive paradox ; I have been cunning in mine...since the day That gave me being, gave me that which marred The gift, — a fate, or will that walked astray ; And I at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1851 - 784 pages
...of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; 1 have been cunning in mine overthrow. The careful pilot of my proper woe. 11 Mine were my faults, und mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That gave... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 584 pages
...pretence or paradox; I have heen cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper wo. IV. "Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My...since the day That gave me being, gave me that which marrM The gift, — a fate, or will, that walk'd astray; And 1 at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 pages
...overlook'd or unforeseen, I have sustain'd my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; I have been...That gave me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift,—a fate, or will, that walk'd astray ; And I at times have found the struggle hard, And thought... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...overlooked or unforeseen, I have sustained my share of worldly shocks, the fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen my errors with defensive paradox ; I have been...since the day that gave me being, gave me that which marred the gift, a fate or will that walked astray; and I at times have found the struggle hard, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 292 pages
...overlooked or unforeseen, I have sustained my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox; I have been...mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. Iv. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That... | |
 | English literature - 1868 - 600 pages
...have sustained my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors by defensive paradox ; I have been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe.' It is this unassuming egotism (though in other forms of it) that moves us in Burns and Heine ; and... | |
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If my inheritance of storms hath been In other elements - and on the rocks Of perils overlooked or unforeseen I have sustained my share of worldly shocks The fault was mine - nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox I have been cunning... 
