Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... rise like startled vipers o'er his brow 10 ; he faces his enemies dark as a sullen cloud before the sun 11 ; a_woman's revenge is as the tiger's spring , deadly , and quick , and crushing . 12 As we review these images we touch , if we ...
... rise like startled vipers o'er his brow 10 ; he faces his enemies dark as a sullen cloud before the sun 11 ; a_woman's revenge is as the tiger's spring , deadly , and quick , and crushing . 12 As we review these images we touch , if we ...
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... rise , To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies , But not my mother earth . Deserted is my own good hall , Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall , My dog howls at the gate . * * * * And now ...
... rise , To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies , But not my mother earth . Deserted is my own good hall , Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall , My dog howls at the gate . * * * * And now ...
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... rise in craggy pride ? Or fence of art , like China's vasty wall ? — Ne barrier wall , ne river deep and wide , Ne horrid crags , nor mountains dark and tall , Rise like the rocks that part Hispania's land from Gaul . XXXIII . But these ...
... rise in craggy pride ? Or fence of art , like China's vasty wall ? — Ne barrier wall , ne river deep and wide , Ne horrid crags , nor mountains dark and tall , Rise like the rocks that part Hispania's land from Gaul . XXXIII . But these ...
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... rise of Rapine and the fall of Spain ? And doth the Power that man adores ordain Their doom , nor heed the suppliant's appeal ? Is all that desperate Valour acts in vain ? And Counsel sage , and patriotic Zeal , The Veteran's skill ...
... rise of Rapine and the fall of Spain ? And doth the Power that man adores ordain Their doom , nor heed the suppliant's appeal ? Is all that desperate Valour acts in vain ? And Counsel sage , and patriotic Zeal , The Veteran's skill ...
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... rising o'er the dark blue sea ! Soon as the matin bell proclaimeth nine , Thy saint adorers count the rosary ; Much is the VIRGIN teased to shrive them free ( Well do I ween the only virgin there ) From crimes as numerous as her ...
... rising o'er the dark blue sea ! Soon as the matin bell proclaimeth nine , Thy saint adorers count the rosary ; Much is the VIRGIN teased to shrive them free ( Well do I ween the only virgin there ) From crimes as numerous as her ...
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