 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 1100 pages
...felt it shake, unshocked, Because I could have smiled to see The death that would have set me free, I said my nearer brother pined, I said his mighty heart...the moat. Our bread was such as captives' tears Have moistened many a thousand years, Since man first pent his fellow-men Like brutes within an iron den... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 860 pages
...it shake, unshock'd, Because I could have smiled to see The death that would have set me free. vn. I life is lost, or freedom won. XVI Still by the shore Alp mutely mused, And woo'd the f hie food ; It was not that 'twas coarse aud rode, For we were nsed to hunter's fare, And for the like... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 830 pages
...death. The chateau is large, and seen along the lake for a great distance. The walls are white. VI I said my nearer brother pined, I said his mighty heart...He loathed and put away his food; It was not that 'twas coarse and rude, 1 1,0 For we were used to hunter's fare, And for the like had little care: The... | |
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t was coarse and rude, For we were used to hunter's fare, And for the like had little care: The milk drawn from the mountain goat Was changed for water from the moat, Our bread was such as captives... 
