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... ; Fond wretch ! as if her step disturbed the dead ! III . Away ! we know that tears are vain , That Death nor heeds nor hears distress : 18 . Will this unteach us to complain ? Or LORD BYRON . 27 Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom.
... ; Fond wretch ! as if her step disturbed the dead ! III . Away ! we know that tears are vain , That Death nor heeds nor hears distress : 18 . Will this unteach us to complain ? Or LORD BYRON . 27 Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom.
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My fondest IV . faintest latest accents hear ― Grief for the dead not Virtue can reprove ; — last sole reward of so much - Then give me all I ever asked ― a tear , The first love ! 19 . Song from " Don Juan . " I. THE Isles of Greece ...
My fondest IV . faintest latest accents hear ― Grief for the dead not Virtue can reprove ; — last sole reward of so much - Then give me all I ever asked ― a tear , The first love ! 19 . Song from " Don Juan . " I. THE Isles of Greece ...
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... dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three , To make a new Thermopyla ! VIII . What , silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall , And answer , " Let one living head , But one ...
... dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three , To make a new Thermopyla ! VIII . What , silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall , And answer , " Let one living head , But one ...
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... dead of night , Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . By torch and trumpet fast array'd , Each horseman drew his battle blade , And furious every charger neigh'd , To join the dreadful revelry . Then shook the ...
... dead of night , Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . By torch and trumpet fast array'd , Each horseman drew his battle blade , And furious every charger neigh'd , To join the dreadful revelry . Then shook the ...
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... dead . Then cold , and hot , and moist , and dry , In order to their stations leap , And Music's power obey . From harmony , from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes ...
... dead . Then cold , and hot , and moist , and dry , In order to their stations leap , And Music's power obey . From harmony , from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes ...
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