Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page xi
... dread idiotism or madness On the contrary , I think some quieter stages of both must be preferable to much of what men think the possession of their senses . ( Journal , Jan. 6 , 1821. ) so much as he did . • وو " As I grow older , the ...
... dread idiotism or madness On the contrary , I think some quieter stages of both must be preferable to much of what men think the possession of their senses . ( Journal , Jan. 6 , 1821. ) so much as he did . • وو " As I grow older , the ...
Page xliii
... dreading the leafless desert of the mind , or to drop by dull decay on life- 1 " Childe Harold , ” III , 2 . 2 Id . III , 3 . 8 Id . III , 15 . 4 Id . III , 44 . 3 less waves 1 ; or growing through adversity and enduring INTRODUCTION xliii.
... dreading the leafless desert of the mind , or to drop by dull decay on life- 1 " Childe Harold , ” III , 2 . 2 Id . III , 3 . 8 Id . III , 15 . 4 Id . III , 44 . 3 less waves 1 ; or growing through adversity and enduring INTRODUCTION xliii.
Page 19
... dread , Now views the column - scattering bay'net jar , The falchion flash , and o'er the yet warm dead Stalks with Minerva's step where Mars might quake to tread . .LV . Ye who shall marvel when you hear her tale , Oh ! had you known ...
... dread , Now views the column - scattering bay'net jar , The falchion flash , and o'er the yet warm dead Stalks with Minerva's step where Mars might quake to tread . .LV . Ye who shall marvel when you hear her tale , Oh ! had you known ...
Page 25
... dread sceptre and dominion dire Of men who never felt the sacred glow That thoughts of thee and thine on polish'd breasts be- stow . II . Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where , Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone ...
... dread sceptre and dominion dire Of men who never felt the sacred glow That thoughts of thee and thine on polish'd breasts be- stow . II . Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where , Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone ...
Page 33
... dread to view : His breast was arm'd ' gainst fate , his wants were few : Peril he sought not , but ne'er shrank to meet : The scene was savage , but the scene was new ; This made the ceaseless toil of travel sweet , Beat back keen ...
... dread to view : His breast was arm'd ' gainst fate , his wants were few : Peril he sought not , but ne'er shrank to meet : The scene was savage , but the scene was new ; This made the ceaseless toil of travel sweet , Beat back keen ...
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