Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... Christabel " recited : " There he sate all heavily , As he heard the night - wind sigh . Was it the wind , through some hollow stone , Sent that soft and tender moan ? - He lifted his head , and he look'd on the INTRODUCTION XXVII.
... Christabel " recited : " There he sate all heavily , As he heard the night - wind sigh . Was it the wind , through some hollow stone , Sent that soft and tender moan ? - He lifted his head , and he look'd on the INTRODUCTION XXVII.
Page xxix
... night ; and , as usual , differed — and I think more than He affects to patronise a system of criticism fit only for the production of mediocrity ; and , although all his finer poems and passages have been produced in defiance of this ...
... night ; and , as usual , differed — and I think more than He affects to patronise a system of criticism fit only for the production of mediocrity ; and , although all his finer poems and passages have been produced in defiance of this ...
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... night . Hark ! there be murmurs heard in Lara's hall- A sound - a voice - a shriek — a fearful call ! A long , loud shriek — and silence - did they hear That frantic echo burst the sleeping ear ? They heard and rose , and , tremulously ...
... night . Hark ! there be murmurs heard in Lara's hall- A sound - a voice - a shriek — a fearful call ! A long , loud shriek — and silence - did they hear That frantic echo burst the sleeping ear ? They heard and rose , and , tremulously ...
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... night Of cloudless climes and starry skies . " " As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge , The maid was on the eve of womanhood . " Or similarly , in " Mazeppa " : " She had the Asiatic eye , Dark as above us is the sky ; But through ...
... night Of cloudless climes and starry skies . " " As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge , The maid was on the eve of womanhood . " Or similarly , in " Mazeppa " : " She had the Asiatic eye , Dark as above us is the sky ; But through ...
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... Night . Ah , me ! in sooth he was a shameless wight , Sore given to revel and ungodly glee ; Few earthly things found favor in his sight Save concubines and carnal companie And flaunting wassailers of high and low degree . III . Childe ...
... Night . Ah , me ! in sooth he was a shameless wight , Sore given to revel and ungodly glee ; Few earthly things found favor in his sight Save concubines and carnal companie And flaunting wassailers of high and low degree . III . Childe ...
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