Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... behold : The wither'd frame , the ruin'd mind , The wrack by passion left behind , A shrivell'd scroll , a scatter'd leaf , Sear'd by the autumn blast of grief . " So , as an example of terse congruity , the familiar lines : " Like the ...
... behold : The wither'd frame , the ruin'd mind , The wrack by passion left behind , A shrivell'd scroll , a scatter'd leaf , Sear'd by the autumn blast of grief . " So , as an example of terse congruity , the familiar lines : " Like the ...
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... behold the tools , The broken tools , that tyrants cast away By myriads , when they dare to pave their way With human hearts - to what ? -a dream alone . Can despots compass aught that hails their sway ? Or call with truth one span of ...
... behold the tools , The broken tools , that tyrants cast away By myriads , when they dare to pave their way With human hearts - to what ? -a dream alone . Can despots compass aught that hails their sway ? Or call with truth one span of ...
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... behold the hallow'd scene , Which others rave of , though they know it not ? Though here no more Apollo haunts his grot , And thou the Muses ' seat , art now their grave , Some gentle spirit still pervades the spot , Sighs in the gale ...
... behold the hallow'd scene , Which others rave of , though they know it not ? Though here no more Apollo haunts his grot , And thou the Muses ' seat , art now their grave , Some gentle spirit still pervades the spot , Sighs in the gale ...
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... Behold through each lack - lustre , eyeless hole , The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit , , And Passion's host , that never brook'd control ; Can all saint , sage or sophist ever writ , People this lonely tower , this tenement refit ...
... Behold through each lack - lustre , eyeless hole , The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit , , And Passion's host , that never brook'd control ; Can all saint , sage or sophist ever writ , People this lonely tower , this tenement refit ...
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... Behold each mighty shade reveal'd to sight , The Bactrian , Samian sage , and all who taught the right ! ** * XVII . * * He that has sail'd upon the dark blue sea Has view'd at times , I ween , a full fair sight ; When the fresh breeze ...
... Behold each mighty shade reveal'd to sight , The Bactrian , Samian sage , and all who taught the right ! ** * XVII . * * He that has sail'd upon the dark blue sea Has view'd at times , I ween , a full fair sight ; When the fresh breeze ...
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