The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,John Murray, Albemarles Street., 1832 |
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... Heaven hath done for this delicious land ! What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree ! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand ! But man would mar them with an impious hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ...
... Heaven hath done for this delicious land ! What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree ! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand ! But man would mar them with an impious hand : And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge ...
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... Heaven by making earth a Hell . XXI . And here and there , as up the crags you spring , Mark many rude - carved crosses near the path : Yet deem not these devotion's offering - - These are memorials frail of murderous wrath : For ...
... Heaven by making earth a Hell . XXI . And here and there , as up the crags you spring , Mark many rude - carved crosses near the path : Yet deem not these devotion's offering - - These are memorials frail of murderous wrath : For ...
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... Heaven appeal'd the people : Heaven , Which loves the lieges of our gracious King , Decreed , that , ere our generals were forgiven , Inquiry should be held about the thing . But Mercy cloak'd the babes beneath her wing ; And as they ...
... Heaven appeal'd the people : Heaven , Which loves the lieges of our gracious King , Decreed , that , ere our generals were forgiven , Inquiry should be held about the thing . But Mercy cloak'd the babes beneath her wing ; And as they ...
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... 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 wrong ? XXXVII ...
... 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 wrong ? XXXVII ...
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... distinct object , perfect in lineaments , tremendous in operation , and vested with all the attributes calculated to excite terror and admiration . " ] XL . By Heaven ! it is a splendid sight 34 CANTO I. CHILDE HAROLD'S.
... distinct object , perfect in lineaments , tremendous in operation , and vested with all the attributes calculated to excite terror and admiration . " ] XL . By Heaven ! it is a splendid sight 34 CANTO I. CHILDE HAROLD'S.
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