Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].Griffin, 1823 |
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... eunuchs , and a poet , Which made their new establishment complete ; The last was of great fame , and liked to show it : His verses rarely wanted their due feet- And for his theme - he seldom sung below it , He being paid to satirise or ...
... eunuchs , and a poet , Which made their new establishment complete ; The last was of great fame , and liked to show it : His verses rarely wanted their due feet- And for his theme - he seldom sung below it , He being paid to satirise or ...
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... eunuch seems to eye us ) " I wish to G - d that somebody would buy us ! XXV . " But after all , what is our present state ? " " Tis bad , and may be better - all men's lot : " Most men are slaves , none more so than the great , " To ...
... eunuch seems to eye us ) " I wish to G - d that somebody would buy us ! XXV . " But after all , what is our present state ? " " Tis bad , and may be better - all men's lot : " Most men are slaves , none more so than the great , " To ...
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George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) XXVIII . The eunuch having eyed them o'er with care , Turn'd to the merchant , and begun to bid First but for one , and after for the pair ; They haggled , wrangled , swore too - so they did ! As ...
George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) XXVIII . The eunuch having eyed them o'er with care , Turn'd to the merchant , and begun to bid First but for one , and after for the pair ; They haggled , wrangled , swore too - so they did ! As ...
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... eunuch made a sign to those on board , Who row'd off , leaving them without a word . XLII . As they were plodding on their winding way , Through orange bowers , and jasmine , and so forth : ( Of which I might have a good deal to say ...
... eunuch made a sign to those on board , Who row'd off , leaving them without a word . XLII . As they were plodding on their winding way , Through orange bowers , and jasmine , and so forth : ( Of which I might have a good deal to say ...
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... eunuch enter'd with his brace Of purchased Infidels , some raised their eyes A moment without slackening from their pace ; But those who sate , ne'er stirr'd in anywise : One or two stared the captives in the face , Just as one views a ...
... eunuch enter'd with his brace Of purchased Infidels , some raised their eyes A moment without slackening from their pace ; But those who sate , ne'er stirr'd in anywise : One or two stared the captives in the face , Just as one views a ...
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Antonia appear'd Baba beautiful blood boat Bosphorus breath Cadiz call'd CANTO charming chaste cheek CIII dead death deep devil Don Alfonso Don Juan Donna Inez doubt e'er earth eunuch eyes face fair fame father's feelings flash'd form'd gazed giaour gold grew Gulleyaz Haidee Haidee's half hand heart Heaven Hellespont hope hour human clay Juan's Julia kiss knew lady least leave lips look look'd Lord Byron lover maid mistress moon moral Muse ne'er never night Noah's ark o'er ocean pair Parnassian pass'd passion Pedrillo perhaps poets pray renegado rhymes round Samian wine Sappho scarce seem'd sherbet shore sigh sire slaves sleep smile song soul Spain stanza stood strange sweet tears tell There's things third sex thou thought true turn'd Twas twere waves whate'er wife wind wine words young youth
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Page 139 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!
Page 51 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Page 141 - Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! On Suli's rock, and Parga's shore, Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mothers bore; And there, perhaps, some seed is sown, The Heracleidan blood might own.
Page 142 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Page 152 - And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep ; and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep Our...
Page 146 - Some kinder casuists are pleased to say, In nameless print — that I have no devotion ; But set those persons down with me to pray, And you shall see who has the properest notion Of getting into heaven the shortest way; My altars are the mountains and the ocean, Earth, air, stars — all that springs from the great whole Who hath produced, and will receive the soul.
Page 139 - Must we but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae!
Page 3 - I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one...
Page 146 - tis the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria ! may our spirits dare Look up to thine and to thy Son's above ! Ave Maria ! oh that face so fair ! Those downcast eyes beneath the Almighty dove — What though 'tis but a pictured image strike, That painting is no idol, — 'tis too like.
Page 107 - They look'd up to the sky, whose floating glow Spread like a rosy ocean, vast and bright; They gazed upon the glittering sea below, Whence the broad moon rose circling into sight; They heard the waves...