Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page xxi
... beneath his heaven . · " " Or the sympathy with the cause of Poland expressed in " The Age of Bronze " ; or his execration in the same poem upon Napoleon's betrayal of the cause of liberty : " A single step into the right had made This ...
... beneath his heaven . · " " Or the sympathy with the cause of Poland expressed in " The Age of Bronze " ; or his execration in the same poem upon Napoleon's betrayal of the cause of liberty : " A single step into the right had made This ...
Page xlv
... beneath , Hush'd as the babe upon its mother's breast , Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe , Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest , 1 " Childe Harold , " III , 32. Cf. the following stanza . Fair as the crowning rose ...
... beneath , Hush'd as the babe upon its mother's breast , Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe , Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest , 1 " Childe Harold , " III , 32. Cf. the following stanza . Fair as the crowning rose ...
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... beneath the assassin's knife , Some hand erects a cross of mouldering lath ; And grove and glen with thousand such are rife Throughout this purple land , where law secures not life ! XXII . On sloping mounds , or in the vale ΙΟ ...
... beneath the assassin's knife , Some hand erects a cross of mouldering lath ; And grove and glen with thousand such are rife Throughout this purple land , where law secures not life ! XXII . On sloping mounds , or in the vale ΙΟ ...
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... beneath , Are domes where whilome kings did make repair : But now the wild flowers round them only breathe ; Yet ruin'd splendor still is lingering there , And yonder towers the Prince's palace fair : There thou , too , Vathek ...
... beneath , Are domes where whilome kings did make repair : But now the wild flowers round them only breathe ; Yet ruin'd splendor still is lingering there , And yonder towers the Prince's palace fair : There thou , too , Vathek ...
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... beneath Tyrants and tyrants ' slaves ? —the fires of death , The bale - fires flash on high - from rock to rock Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe : Death rides upon the sulphury Siroc , Red Battle stamps his foot , and ...
... beneath Tyrants and tyrants ' slaves ? —the fires of death , The bale - fires flash on high - from rock to rock Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe : Death rides upon the sulphury Siroc , Red Battle stamps his foot , and ...
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