Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].Griffin, 1823 |
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... when they asked her for her depositions , No sort of explanation could be had , Save that her duty both to man and God Required this conduct , which seem'd very odd . XXVIII . She kept a journal , where his faults DON JUAN . 9.
... when they asked her for her depositions , No sort of explanation could be had , Save that her duty both to man and God Required this conduct , which seem'd very odd . XXVIII . She kept a journal , where his faults DON JUAN . 9.
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... seem'd at least in the right road to heaven , For half his days were pass'd at church , the other Between his tutors , confessor , and mother . L. At six , I said , he was a charming child , At twelve , he was a fine but quiet boy ...
... seem'd at least in the right road to heaven , For half his days were pass'd at church , the other Between his tutors , confessor , and mother . L. At six , I said , he was a charming child , At twelve , he was a fine but quiet boy ...
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... seem'd Active , though not so sprightly as a page ; And every body but his mother deem'd Him almost man ; but she flew in a rage , And bit her lips ( for else she might have scream'd ) If any said said so , for to be precocious Was in ...
... seem'd Active , though not so sprightly as a page ; And every body but his mother deem'd Him almost man ; but she flew in a rage , And bit her lips ( for else she might have scream'd ) If any said said so , for to be precocious Was in ...
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... seem'd , by the distraction of her air ; ' Twas surely very wrong in Juan's mother To leave together this imprudent pair , She who for many years had watch'd her son so— I'm very certain mine would not have done so . CXI . The hand ...
... seem'd , by the distraction of her air ; ' Twas surely very wrong in Juan's mother To leave together this imprudent pair , She who for many years had watch'd her son so— I'm very certain mine would not have done so . CXI . The hand ...
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... seem'd answer'd if she staid ; Regarding both with slow and sidelong view , She snuff'd the candle , curtsied , and withdrew . CLXXIV . Alfonso paused a minute then began Some strange excuses for his late proceeding ; He would not ...
... seem'd answer'd if she staid ; Regarding both with slow and sidelong view , She snuff'd the candle , curtsied , and withdrew . CLXXIV . Alfonso paused a minute then began Some strange excuses for his late proceeding ; He would not ...
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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!
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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...