Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page iv
... land ( from the " Bride of Aby- dos " ) . · The Corsair's Song ( from the " Corsair " ) Grecian Sunset ( from the " Corsair " ) . She walks in beauty ( from the " Hebrew Melo- dies " ) . If that high world ( from the " Hebrew Melo- dies ...
... land ( from the " Bride of Aby- dos " ) . · The Corsair's Song ( from the " Corsair " ) Grecian Sunset ( from the " Corsair " ) . She walks in beauty ( from the " Hebrew Melo- dies " ) . If that high world ( from the " Hebrew Melo- dies ...
Page xvi
... lands , they set themselves doggedly against reform and lower rents . These Byron attacks : Alas , the country ! how shall tongue or pen Bewail her now uncountry gentlemen ? The last to bid the cry of warfare cease , The first to make a ...
... lands , they set themselves doggedly against reform and lower rents . These Byron attacks : Alas , the country ! how shall tongue or pen Bewail her now uncountry gentlemen ? The last to bid the cry of warfare cease , The first to make a ...
Page xvii
... lands ; Safe in their barns , these Sabine tillers sent Their brethren out to battle . Why ? For rent ! Year after year they voted cent . per cent . , Blood , sweat , and tear - wrung millions . Why ? For rent ! They roar'd , they dined ...
... lands ; Safe in their barns , these Sabine tillers sent Their brethren out to battle . Why ? For rent ! Year after year they voted cent . per cent . , Blood , sweat , and tear - wrung millions . Why ? For rent ! They roar'd , they dined ...
Page xxi
... land of freedom , as when he writes in 1821 : " Whenever an American requests to see me ( which is not un- frequently ) I comply , firstly , because I respect a people who ac- quired their freedom by their firmness without excess ; and ...
... land of freedom , as when he writes in 1821 : " Whenever an American requests to see me ( which is not un- frequently ) I comply , firstly , because I respect a people who ac- quired their freedom by their firmness without excess ; and ...
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... land lake with- out ever losing sight of the same insipid shores by which it is surrounded . " And again : " The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist , even though in pain . It is this ' craving void ' which drives ...
... land lake with- out ever losing sight of the same insipid shores by which it is surrounded . " And again : " The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist , even though in pain . It is this ' craving void ' which drives ...
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