The works of lord Byron, comprehending the suppressed poems, Volumes 3-4 |
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Page 60
... Rome's imperial hill . CXI . Thus far I have proceeded in a theme Renew'd with no kind auspices : -to feel We are not what we have been , and to deem We are not what we should be , -and to steel The heart against itself ; and to conceal ...
... Rome's imperial hill . CXI . Thus far I have proceeded in a theme Renew'd with no kind auspices : -to feel We are not what we have been , and to deem We are not what we should be , -and to steel The heart against itself ; and to conceal ...
Page lxxxiii
... Rome have been more recently . The poem also , or the pilgrim , or both , have accompanied me from first to last ; and per- haps it may be a pardonable vanity which induces me to reflect with complacency on a composition which in some ...
... Rome have been more recently . The poem also , or the pilgrim , or both , have accompanied me from first to last ; and per- haps it may be a pardonable vanity which induces me to reflect with complacency on a composition which in some ...
Page lxxxvii
... Rome , heard the simple lament of the labourers ' chorus , " Roma ! Roma ! Roma ! Roma non è più come era prima , " it was difficult not to contrast this melancholy dirge with the bacchanal roar of the songs of exultation still yelled ...
... Rome , heard the simple lament of the labourers ' chorus , " Roma ! Roma ! Roma ! Roma non è più come era prima , " it was difficult not to contrast this melancholy dirge with the bacchanal roar of the songs of exultation still yelled ...
Page 102
... Rome ! And even since , and now , fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world , the home Of all Art yields , and Nature can decree ; Even in thy desert , what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful , thy waste More rich than ...
... Rome ! And even since , and now , fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world , the home Of all Art yields , and Nature can decree ; Even in thy desert , what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful , thy waste More rich than ...
Page 111
... Rome's least - mortal mind , The friend of Tully : as my bark did skim The bright blue waters with a fanning wind , Came Megara before me , and behind Egina lay , Piræus on the right , And Corinth on the left ; I lay reclined Along the ...
... Rome's least - mortal mind , The friend of Tully : as my bark did skim The bright blue waters with a fanning wind , Came Megara before me , and behind Egina lay , Piræus on the right , And Corinth on the left ; I lay reclined Along the ...
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