The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,John Murray, Albemarles Street., 1832 |
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Page 183
... Rome's imperial hill . CXI . Thus far have I proceeded in a theme Renew'd with no kind auspices : — We are not what we have been , to feel and to deem We are not what we should be , and to steel ― The heart against itself ; and to ...
... Rome's imperial hill . CXI . Thus far have I proceeded in a theme Renew'd with no kind auspices : — We are not what we have been , to feel and to deem We are not what we should be , and to steel ― The heart against itself ; and to ...
Page 190
... Rome have been more recently . The poem also , or the pilgrim , or both , have accompanied me from first to last ; and perhaps 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 perhaps it may be a pardonable vanity which induces me to reflect with complacency on a composition which in some ...
Page 193
... 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 203
... Rome ! And even since , and now , fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world , the home Of all Art yields , and Nature ( 1 ) can decree ; Even in thy desert , what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful , thy waste More rich ...
... Rome ! And even since , and now , fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world , the home Of all Art yields , and Nature ( 1 ) can decree ; Even in thy desert , what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful , thy waste More rich ...
Page 211
... 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 Ægina 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 Ægina lay , Piræus on the right , And Corinth on the left ; I lay reclined Along the ...
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