The Complete Poetical and Dramatic Works of Lord Byron: With a Comprehensive Outline of the Life of the Poet, Collected from the Latest and Most Reliable Sources |
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... hand warmly to welcome him ; and , though I did not catch the words , I saw that he paid him some compliment . This was all thrown away upon Lord Byron , who made a stiff bow , and put the tips of his fingers into the Chancel- lor's hand ...
... hand warmly to welcome him ; and , though I did not catch the words , I saw that he paid him some compliment . This was all thrown away upon Lord Byron , who made a stiff bow , and put the tips of his fingers into the Chancel- lor's hand ...
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... hand warmly to welcome him ; and , though I did not catch the words , I saw that he paid him some compliment . This was all thrown away upon Lord Byron , who made a stiff bow , and put the tips of his fingers into the Chancel- lor's hand ...
... hand warmly to welcome him ; and , though I did not catch the words , I saw that he paid him some compliment . This was all thrown away upon Lord Byron , who made a stiff bow , and put the tips of his fingers into the Chancel- lor's hand ...
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... hand , gave what remained of a heart never alienated from her by any other mistress . Till the middle of the month they met every day ; and when the husband took her back to Ravenna she despatched to her idol a series of impassioned ...
... hand , gave what remained of a heart never alienated from her by any other mistress . Till the middle of the month they met every day ; and when the husband took her back to Ravenna she despatched to her idol a series of impassioned ...
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... hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ' Gainst those who most transgress his high com- mand , With treble vengeance will his hot shafts urge Gaul's locust host , and earth from fellest foemen purge . XVI . What ...
... hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ' Gainst those who most transgress his high com- mand , With treble vengeance will his hot shafts urge Gaul's locust host , and earth from fellest foemen purge . XVI . What ...
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... hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ' Gainst those who most transgress his high com- mand , With treble vengeance will his hot shafts urge Gaul's locust host , and earth from fellest foemen purge . XVI . What ...
... hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ' Gainst those who most transgress his high com- mand , With treble vengeance will his hot shafts urge Gaul's locust host , and earth from fellest foemen purge . XVI . What ...
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Page liv - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated; who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise...
Page liv - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!' And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering
Page xlix - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page lvii - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight — A portion of the tempest and of thee!
Page 224 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page lvi - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page lvii - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep : — All heaven and earth are still : from the high host Of stars to the...
Page 9 - Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb ; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame, perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherish'd...
Page lvii - I STOOD in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles...
Page 220 - Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!