The works of lord Byron, comprehending the suppressed poems, Volumes 3-4 |
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... Dead Sea's shore , All ashes to the taste : Did man compute Existence by enjoyment , and count o'er Such hours ' gainst years of life , —say , would he name three - score ? XXXV . The Psalmist number'd out the years of man : They are ...
... Dead Sea's shore , All ashes to the taste : Did man compute Existence by enjoyment , and count o'er Such hours ' gainst years of life , —say , would he name three - score ? XXXV . The Psalmist number'd out the years of man : They are ...
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... dead who rise upon our dreams , But of ideal beauty , which became In him existence , and o'erflowing teems Along his burning page , distemper'd though it seems . LXXIX . This breathed itself to life in Julie , this Invested her with ...
... dead who rise upon our dreams , But of ideal beauty , which became In him existence , and o'erflowing teems Along his burning page , distemper'd though it seems . LXXIX . This breathed itself to life in Julie , this Invested her with ...
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... Dead Sea's shore . Stanza xxxiv . line 6 . The ( fabled ) apples on the brink of the lake Asphaltes were said to be fair without , and within ashes . - Vide Tacitus , Histor . 1. 5. 7 . NOTE 9 . For sceptred cynics earth were far too ...
... Dead Sea's shore . Stanza xxxiv . line 6 . The ( fabled ) apples on the brink of the lake Asphaltes were said to be fair without , and within ashes . - Vide Tacitus , Histor . 1. 5. 7 . NOTE 9 . For sceptred cynics earth were far too ...
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... if too fond and far These aspirations in their scope incline , - If my fame should be , as my fortunes are , Of hasty growth and blight , and dull Oblivion bar X. My name from out the temple where the dead CANTO IV . 93 PILGRIMAGE .
... if too fond and far These aspirations in their scope incline , - If my fame should be , as my fortunes are , Of hasty growth and blight , and dull Oblivion bar X. My name from out the temple where the dead CANTO IV . 93 PILGRIMAGE .
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... dead Are honour'd by the nations - let it be— And light the laurels on a loftier head ! And be the Spartan's epitaph on me- 66 Sparta hath many a worthier son than he . ” 4 Meantime I seek no sympathies , nor need ; The thorns which I ...
... dead Are honour'd by the nations - let it be— And light the laurels on a loftier head ! And be the Spartan's epitaph on me- 66 Sparta hath many a worthier son than he . ” 4 Meantime I seek no sympathies , nor need ; The thorns which I ...
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