The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Including His Suppressed Poems, and Others Never Before Published ...Baudry, 1832 |
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... present . Art thou answer'd ? Manf . Ye mock me - but the power which brought ye here Hath made you mine . Slaves , scoff not at my will ! The mind , the spirit , the Promethean spark , The lightning of my being , is as bright ...
... present . Art thou answer'd ? Manf . Ye mock me - but the power which brought ye here Hath made you mine . Slaves , scoff not at my will ! The mind , the spirit , the Promethean spark , The lightning of my being , is as bright ...
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... present , we can number How few - how less than few - wherein the soul Forbears to pant for death , and yet draws back As from a stream in winter , though the chill Be but a moment's . I have one resource Still in my science - I can ...
... present , we can number How few - how less than few - wherein the soul Forbears to pant for death , and yet draws back As from a stream in winter , though the chill Be but a moment's . I have one resource Still in my science - I can ...
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... present . Take him up . Ash . Come , friar ! now an exorcism or two , And we shall fly the lighter . Ashtaroth disappears with the Abbot , singing as follows : A prodigal son , and a maid undone , And a widow re - wedded within the year ...
... present . Take him up . Ash . Come , friar ! now an exorcism or two , And we shall fly the lighter . Ashtaroth disappears with the Abbot , singing as follows : A prodigal son , and a maid undone , And a widow re - wedded within the year ...
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... present situation ; that he had seen the tomb opened at its removal : there were still some bones remain- ing , but no positive vestige of the decapitation . The equestrian statue of which I have made mention , in the third act , as ...
... present situation ; that he had seen the tomb opened at its removal : there were still some bones remain- ing , but no positive vestige of the decapitation . The equestrian statue of which I have made mention , in the third act , as ...
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... present state it is , perhaps , not a very exalted object of ambition ; besides , I have been too much behind the scenes to have thought it so at any time . And I cannot conceive any man of irritable feeling putting himself at the ...
... present state it is , perhaps , not a very exalted object of ambition ; besides , I have been too much behind the scenes to have thought it so at any time . And I cannot conceive any man of irritable feeling putting himself at the ...
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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.