The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Including His Suppressed Poems, and Others Never Before Published ...Baudry, 1832 |
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... hear Your voices , sweet and melancholy sounds , As music on the waters ; and I see The steady aspect of a clear large star ; But nothing more . Approach me as ye are , Or one , or all , in your accustom'd forms . Spir . We have no ...
... hear Your voices , sweet and melancholy sounds , As music on the waters ; and I see The steady aspect of a clear large star ; But nothing more . Approach me as ye are , Or one , or all , in your accustom'd forms . Spir . We have no ...
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... hear ye momently above , beneath , Crash with a frequent conflict ; but ye pass , And only fall on things that still would live ; On the young flourishing forest , or the hut And hamlet of the harmless villager . Hunt . The mists begin ...
... hear ye momently above , beneath , Crash with a frequent conflict ; but ye pass , And only fall on things that still would live ; On the young flourishing forest , or the hut And hamlet of the harmless villager . Hunt . The mists begin ...
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... Hear me , hear me- my beloved ! speak to me : I have so much endured - so much endure- Look on me ! the grave hath not changed thee more Than I am changed for thee . Thou lovedst me Too much , as I loved thee : we were not made To ...
... Hear me , hear me- my beloved ! speak to me : I have so much endured - so much endure- Look on me ! the grave hath not changed thee more Than I am changed for thee . Thou lovedst me Too much , as I loved thee : we were not made To ...
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... hear thee . This is my reply ; whate'er may have been , or am , doth rest between Heaven and myself . — I shall not choose a mortal To be my mediator . Have I sinn'd Against your ordinances ? prove and punish ! * * After the words ...
... hear thee . This is my reply ; whate'er may have been , or am , doth rest between Heaven and myself . — I shall not choose a mortal To be my mediator . Have I sinn'd Against your ordinances ? prove and punish ! * * After the words ...
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... hear me still- Manf . Thine order , and revere thine years ; I deem Thy purpose pious , but it is in vain : Old man ! I do respect Think me not churlish ; I would spare thyself , Far more than me , in shunning at this time All further ...
... hear me still- Manf . Thine order , and revere thine years ; I deem Thy purpose pious , but it is in vain : Old man ! I do respect Think me not churlish ; I would spare thyself , Far more than me , in shunning at this time All further ...
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Page 4 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Page 34 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 10 - Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence, make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
Page 9 - The future, till the past be gulfd in darkness, It is not of my search. — My mother Earth ! And thou fresh breaking Day, and you, ye Mountains, Why are ye beautiful ? I cannot love ye. And thou, the bright eye of the universe, That openest over all, and unto all Art a delight — thou shin'st not on my heart.
Page 36 - The mind which is immortal makes itself Requital for its good or evil thoughts — Is its own origin of ill and end, And its own place and time...
Page 30 - gin to fear that thou art past all aid From me and from my calling; yet so young, I still would— Man. Look on me! there is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become Old in their youth, and die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death...
Page 34 - And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and fill'd up, As 'twere anew, the gaps of centuries...
Page 17 - She was like me in lineaments — her eyes, Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they said, were like to mine ; But soften'd all, and temper'd into beauty : She had the same lone thoughts and wanderings, The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe...
Page 8 - And a magic voice and verse Hath baptized thee with a curse ; And a spirit of the air Hath begirt thee with a snare ; In the wind there is a voice Shall forbid thee to rejoice ; And to thee shall Night deny All the quiet of her sky ; And the day shall have a sun, Which shall make thee wish it done.
Page 362 - May he live in the pangs which others die with ! And death itself wax something worse than death To him who first acquainted him with man ! Hence, fratricide! henceforth that word is Cain, Through all the coming myriads of mankind, Who shall abhor thee, though thou wert their sire! May the grass wither from thy feet ! the woods Deny thee shelter! earth a home! the dust A grave ! the sun his light ! and heaven her God.