Selections from the Poetry of Lord ByronH. Holt, 1900 - 412 pages |
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Page xxxv
... rock by the sea - shore ? So be it : we can bear . - But thus all they Whose intellect is an o'ermastering power Which still recoils from its encumbering clay Or lightens it to spirit , whatsoe'er The form which their creations may ...
... rock by the sea - shore ? So be it : we can bear . - But thus all they Whose intellect is an o'ermastering power Which still recoils from its encumbering clay Or lightens it to spirit , whatsoe'er The form which their creations may ...
Page xliii
... rock and swept by the surge1 ; or rushing onward as the wind which bears the cloud before it 2 ; or drooping as the wild - born falcon with clipt wing 3 ; or impatient of calm and pining like a flame unfed , or a sword rusting ...
... rock and swept by the surge1 ; or rushing onward as the wind which bears the cloud before it 2 ; or drooping as the wild - born falcon with clipt wing 3 ; or impatient of calm and pining like a flame unfed , or a sword rusting ...
Page xliv
... rocks.2 The guilty mind is like the scorpion girt by fire seeking death from its own sting 3 ; the shock of battle is ... rock , another as the whirlwind on the waters 9 ; the hero's locks rise like startled vipers o'er his brow 10 ; he ...
... rocks.2 The guilty mind is like the scorpion girt by fire seeking death from its own sting 3 ; the shock of battle is ... rock , another as the whirlwind on the waters 9 ; the hero's locks rise like startled vipers o'er his brow 10 ; he ...
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... rocks faded from his view , And soon were lost in circumambient foam ; And then , it may be , of his wish to roam Repented he , but in his bosom slept The silent thought , nor from his lips did come One word of wail , whilst others sate ...
... rocks faded from his view , And soon were lost in circumambient foam ; And then , it may be , of his wish to roam Repented he , but in his bosom slept The silent thought , nor from his lips did come One word of wail , whilst others sate ...
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... rocks new loveliness survey , And rest ye at " Our Lady's House of Woe " ; Where frugal monks their little relics show , And sundry legends to the stranger tell : Here impious men have punish'd been ; and lo , Deep in yon cave Honorius ...
... rocks new loveliness survey , And rest ye at " Our Lady's House of Woe " ; Where frugal monks their little relics show , And sundry legends to the stranger tell : Here impious men have punish'd been ; and lo , Deep in yon cave Honorius ...
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