Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... sorrow disappears . Young Peri of the West ! - ' tis well for me My years already doubly number thine ; My loveless eye unmoved may gaze on thee , And safely view thy ripening beauties shine : Happy , I ne'er shall see them in decline ;
... sorrow disappears . Young Peri of the West ! - ' tis well for me My years already doubly number thine ; My loveless eye unmoved may gaze on thee , And safely view thy ripening beauties shine : Happy , I ne'er shall see them in decline ;
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... thine eyes assign To those whose admiration shall succeed , But mix'd with pangs to Love's even loveliest hours de- creed . Oh ! let that eye , which , wild as the gazelle's , Now brightly bold or beautifully shy , Wins as it wanders ...
... thine eyes assign To those whose admiration shall succeed , But mix'd with pangs to Love's even loveliest hours de- creed . Oh ! let that eye , which , wild as the gazelle's , Now brightly bold or beautifully shy , Wins as it wanders ...
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... thine eye from heaven to thine estate , See how the Mighty shrink into a song ! Can Volume , Pillar , Pile , preserve thee great ? Or must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue , When Flattery sleeps with thee , and History does thee ...
... thine eye from heaven to thine estate , See how the Mighty shrink into a song ! Can Volume , Pillar , Pile , preserve thee great ? Or must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue , When Flattery sleeps with thee , and History does thee ...
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... thine Echoes with his string , Though from thy heights no more one Muse will wave her wing . LXI . Oft have I dream'd of Thee ! whose glorious name Who knows not , knows not man's divinest lore ! And now I view thee , ' tis , alas ...
... thine Echoes with his string , Though from thy heights no more one Muse will wave her wing . LXI . Oft have I dream'd of Thee ! whose glorious name Who knows not , knows not man's divinest lore ! And now I view thee , ' tis , alas ...
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... thine , Fair Cadiz , rising o'er the dark blue sea ! Soon as the matin bell proclaimeth nine , Thy saint adorers count the rosary ; Much is the VIRGIN teased to shrive them free ( Well do I ween the only virgin there ) From crimes as ...
... thine , Fair Cadiz , rising o'er the dark blue sea ! Soon as the matin bell proclaimeth nine , Thy saint adorers count the rosary ; Much is the VIRGIN teased to shrive them free ( Well do I ween the only virgin there ) From crimes as ...
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Abbot Astarte Athens beauty behold beneath blood breast breath brow Byron Byron's note Cain canto Capitoline hill castle of Chillon Childe Harold Chillon clouds dark dead death deep Don Juan doth dread dream earth eternal eyes fair fame fear feel foes gaze Giaour glory grave Greece hath heart heaven hell hope hour human Ianthe immortal lake land lines living look Lord Lord Byron Lucifer lyric Manfred Manfred's Mazeppa mind mortal mountains nature ne'er never night o'er ocean once pass'd passion poem poet poet's poetic poetry Prisoner of Chillon rock Rome sail Samian wine scene seem'd Shelley shore Siege of Corinth smile song soul spirit stanzas stars sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought tomb Twas Venice verse waters waves wild wind woes words Wordsworth written youth ΙΟ