The Poetical Works of Lord ByronJohn Murray, 1859 - 827 pages |
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Page 293
... Lucifer ! ' t is holy ground . A martyr's ashes now lie there , which make it A shrine . Get thee back to thy place of torment ! Bar . Lady , we knew not of this sad event , But pass'd here merely on our path from council . Mar. Pass on ...
... Lucifer ! ' t is holy ground . A martyr's ashes now lie there , which make it A shrine . Get thee back to thy place of torment ! Bar . Lady , we knew not of this sad event , But pass'd here merely on our path from council . Mar. Pass on ...
Page 315
... Lucifer and Venus . Arn . Colonna , as I told you ! Cas . My way through Rome . Arn . To the palace Oh ! I know Now onward , onward ! Gently ! [ Exeunt , bearing OLIMPIA . The scene closes . PART III . SCENE I. A Castle in the Apennines ...
... Lucifer and Venus . Arn . Colonna , as I told you ! Cas . My way through Rome . Arn . To the palace Oh ! I know Now onward , onward ! Gently ! [ Exeunt , bearing OLIMPIA . The scene closes . PART III . SCENE I. A Castle in the Apennines ...
Page 316
... Lucifer in the Mystery ? Cain ' is nothing more than a drama , not a piece of argument . If Lucifer and Cain speak as the first murderer and the first rebel may be supposed to speak , surely all the rest of the personages talk also ...
... Lucifer in the Mystery ? Cain ' is nothing more than a drama , not a piece of argument . If Lucifer and Cain speak as the first murderer and the first rebel may be supposed to speak , surely all the rest of the personages talk also ...
Page 317
... Lucifer , and , in the third act , the angel of the Lord . The book only does that which was before done by Milton , and adheres more closely to the words contained in Scripture . The book , in the commencement , represents Cain in a ...
... Lucifer , and , in the third act , the angel of the Lord . The book only does that which was before done by Milton , and adheres more closely to the words contained in Scripture . The book , in the commencement , represents Cain in a ...
Page 318
... Lucifer , it was difficult for me to make him talk like a clergyman upon the same subjects ; but I have done what I could to restrain him within the bounds of spiritual polite- ness . If he disclaims having tempted Eve in the shape of ...
... Lucifer , it was difficult for me to make him talk like a clergyman upon the same subjects ; but I have done what I could to restrain him within the bounds of spiritual polite- ness . If he disclaims having tempted Eve in the shape of ...
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appear arms bear beauty beneath better blood breast breath Cain chief child dare dark dead death deep Doge doubt earth Enter face fair fall fate father fear feel fire give hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hope hour Italy land late least leave less light lines live look Lord Byron Lucifer means meet mind mortal mountains nature ne'er never night noble o'er once pass passion perhaps poem poet present rest rise round scarce scene seems seen smile soul sound speak spirit stand tears tell thee thine things thou thought thousand true turn voice walls waters wave wild young youth
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Page 58 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, •To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll!
Page 28 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 28 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 28 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 58 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown.
Page 29 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's...
Page 135 - A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 122 - There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek— There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Page 40 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Page 54 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.