The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With a Memoir, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1879 |
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... , and wing as wild ; A chase of idle hopes and fears , Begun in folly , closed in tears . The blue - winged butterfly of Kashmeer , the most rare and beautiful of the species . If won , to equal ills betrayed , Woe waits 26 THE GIAOUR .
... , and wing as wild ; A chase of idle hopes and fears , Begun in folly , closed in tears . The blue - winged butterfly of Kashmeer , the most rare and beautiful of the species . If won , to equal ills betrayed , Woe waits 26 THE GIAOUR .
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... tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame . The Mind , that broods o'er guilty woes , Is like the Scorpion girt by fire , In circle narrowing as it glows , The flames around their captive close , Till inly searched by thousand ...
... tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame . The Mind , that broods o'er guilty woes , Is like the Scorpion girt by fire , In circle narrowing as it glows , The flames around their captive close , Till inly searched by thousand ...
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... tear The tresses of her yellow hair , Of which in life a lock when shorn Affection's fondest pledge was worn But now is borne away by thee , Memorial of thine agony ! Wet with thine own best blood shall drip Thy gnashing tooth and ...
... tear The tresses of her yellow hair , Of which in life a lock when shorn Affection's fondest pledge was worn But now is borne away by thee , Memorial of thine agony ! Wet with thine own best blood shall drip Thy gnashing tooth and ...
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... tear one terror from the grave , And will not soothe , and cannot save . " The cold in clime are cold in blood , Their love can scarce deserve the name ; But mine was like the lava flood That boils in Etna's breast of flame . I cannot ...
... tear one terror from the grave , And will not soothe , and cannot save . " The cold in clime are cold in blood , Their love can scarce deserve the name ; But mine was like the lava flood That boils in Etna's breast of flame . I cannot ...
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... what have I to do with fame ? I do not ask him not to mourn , Such cold request might sound like scorn ; And what than friendship's manly tear May better grace a brother's bier ? But bear this ring , his own of old , 62 THE GIAOUR .
... what have I to do with fame ? I do not ask him not to mourn , Such cold request might sound like scorn ; And what than friendship's manly tear May better grace a brother's bier ? But bear this ring , his own of old , 62 THE GIAOUR .
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