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" He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress... "
Foliorum silvula, selections for translation into Latin and Greek verse, by ... - Page 267
edited by - 1864
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 91, Part 1

English essays - 1821 - 712 pages
...the waiul of an enchanter, rather than reared by human hands. Myst. of Udol. v. Í. p. 34. Byron. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, ite. See the rest of this beautiful passage, »s far as Such is the aspect of this shore, Tis Greece,...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 21

1812 - 576 pages
...more exquisitely finished, than any that we can now recollect in the whole compass of poetry. ' He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day...danger and distress ; ( Before Decay's effacing fingers I lave swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air—- The rapture of repose...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumes 9-10

English literature - 1813 - 1102 pages
...an eastern audience, and of the grotesque declamation and gestures of the Turkish story-teller. ' He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air— The rapture of repose that's there— The fixed yet tender traits that...
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Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle, Volume 2

1813 - 550 pages
...more exquisitely finished, than any that we can now recollect in the whole compass of poetry. " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere, the first day...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers;) And mark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there — The fixed yet tender traits...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 10

1813 - 662 pages
...shore, Rush the night-prowlers on the prey, And turn to groans his roundelay.! i>. 3. V<», X. Tt ' He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, ) And mark'd the mild.angelic air — The rapture of repose .that's there — The fixed yet tender traits...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 10

1813 - 560 pages
...delight; and we cannot refrain from quoting the following highly wrought and characteristic specimen. ' He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day...of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fmgers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture...
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The giaour, a fragment of a Turkish tale

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813 - 90 pages
...inheritors of hell — 65 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 day...death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, 10 The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty...
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The Analectic Magazine, to which is Added, an Appendix of Official ..., Volume 2

1813 - 552 pages
...now recollect in the whole compass of poetry. " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first dav of death is fled: The first dark day of nothingness, The last of dangeY and distress; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept tlie lines where beauty lingers;)...
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The Rhode-Island Literary Repository, Volume 1

Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 pages
...more exquisitely finished, than any that we can now recollect in the whole compass of poetry* • He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there — The fixed yet tender traits...
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The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers.) And mark'd the mild angchc air — The rapture of repose that's there— 73 The fixed yet tender traits...
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