The works of lord Byron, comprehending the suppressed poems, Volumes 3-4 |
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... heaven which woos us to its brink . XV . But in Man's dwellings he became a thing Restless and worn , and stern and wearisome , Droop'd as a wild - born falcon with clipt wing , To whom the boundless air alone were home : Then came his ...
... heaven which woos us to its brink . XV . But in Man's dwellings he became a thing Restless and worn , and stern and wearisome , Droop'd as a wild - born falcon with clipt wing , To whom the boundless air alone were home : Then came his ...
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... Heaven ; and to seem such to me Even now what wants thy stream ? -that it should Lethe be . LI . A thousand battles have assail'd thy banks , But these and half their fame have pass'd away , And Slaughter heap'd on high his weltering ...
... Heaven ; and to seem such to me Even now what wants thy stream ? -that it should Lethe be . LI . A thousand battles have assail'd thy banks , But these and half their fame have pass'd away , And Slaughter heap'd on high his weltering ...
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... Heaven , yet leave vain man below . LXIII . But ere these matchless heights I dare to scan , There is a spot should not be pass'd in vain , - Morat ! the proud , the patriot field ! where man May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain ...
... Heaven , yet leave vain man below . LXIII . But ere these matchless heights I dare to scan , There is a spot should not be pass'd in vain , - Morat ! the proud , the patriot field ! where man May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain ...
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... Heaven ; her heart , beneath a claim Nearest to Heaven's , broke o'er a father's grave . Justice is sworn ' gainst tears , and hers would crave The life she lived in ; but the judge was just , And then she died on him she could not save ...
... Heaven ; her heart , beneath a claim Nearest to Heaven's , broke o'er a father's grave . Justice is sworn ' gainst tears , and hers would crave The life she lived in ; but the judge was just , And then she died on him she could not save ...
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... heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires , - ' tis to be forgiven , That in our ... heaven and earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we ...
... heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires , - ' tis to be forgiven , That in our ... heaven and earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we ...
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