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" But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird, I could not wish for thine! Or if it were, in winged guise, A visitant from Paradise; For — Heaven forgive that thought! the while... "
Childe Harold: Canto the Fourth, The Prisoner of Chillon and Mazepa - Page 74
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1909 - 136 pages
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Hebrew Melodies

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity. Sweet bird ! I could not wish for...
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The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volume 6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Prisoner of Chillon. Manfred ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity, For — Heaven forgive that thought...
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The works of lord Byron, Volume 3

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more: It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird! I could not wish for thine! Or if it were, in winged guise,...
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Lord Byron's Works ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more ! It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine ; But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Lara. Siege of Corinth. Parisina. The prisoner of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when 275 None lived to love me so again, And cheering from...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for...
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The works of lord Byron, comprehending the suppressed poems, Volumes 5-6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for...
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Select Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: In Two Volumes, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seeni'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love...to feel and think, I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, 280 But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for...
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The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 3

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 368 pages
...cheering from my dungeon's brink, Had brought me back to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were, in winged guise, A visitant from Paradise...
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