Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page xv
... blood , and one of its ' curled darlings ' ; and do you think I would do so now , when I am living in a clearer atmos- phere ? One thing only might lead me back to it , and that is to try once more if I could do any good in politics ...
... blood , and one of its ' curled darlings ' ; and do you think I would do so now , when I am living in a clearer atmos- phere ? One thing only might lead me back to it , and that is to try once more if I could do any good in politics ...
Page xvii
... blood and treasure boundlessly were spilt , But what of that ? the Gaul may bear the guilt ; But bread was high , the farmer paid his way , And acres told upon the appointed day . * * * * * Up , up again , ye rents ! exalt your notes ...
... blood and treasure boundlessly were spilt , But what of that ? the Gaul may bear the guilt ; But bread was high , the farmer paid his way , And acres told upon the appointed day . * * * * * Up , up again , ye rents ! exalt your notes ...
Page xxxi
... and the descendant of Norman warriors and of cavalier knights , it was in his blood to delight in struggle and passion and the active life . His poetry 999 he chiefly valued for himself as an outlet to the INTRODUCTION xxxi.
... and the descendant of Norman warriors and of cavalier knights , it was in his blood to delight in struggle and passion and the active life . His poetry 999 he chiefly valued for himself as an outlet to the INTRODUCTION xxxi.
Page 10
... blood beneath the assassin's knife , Some hand erects a cross of mouldering lath ; And grove and glen with thousand such are rife Throughout this purple land , where law secures not life ! XXII . On sloping mounds , or in the vale 10 ...
... blood beneath the assassin's knife , Some hand erects a cross of mouldering lath ; And grove and glen with thousand such are rife Throughout this purple land , where law secures not life ! XXII . On sloping mounds , or in the vale 10 ...
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... blood - red tresses deepening in the sun , With death - shot glowing in his fiery hands , And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon ; Restless it rolls , now fix'd , and now anon Flashing afar , and at his iron feet Destruction cowers ...
... blood - red tresses deepening in the sun , With death - shot glowing in his fiery hands , And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon ; Restless it rolls , now fix'd , and now anon Flashing afar , and at his iron feet Destruction cowers ...
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