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... dare not trust those sounds again . To me they speak of brighter days — But lull the chords , for now , alas ! I must not think , I may not gaze On what I am on what I was . - The voice that made those sounds more sweet Is hush'd , and ...
... dare not trust those sounds again . To me they speak of brighter days — But lull the chords , for now , alas ! I must not think , I may not gaze On what I am on what I was . - The voice that made those sounds more sweet Is hush'd , and ...
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... dare not speak before . Oh , pardon that in crowds awhile I waste one thought I owe to thee , And , self - condemn'd , appear to smile , Unfaithful to thy Memory ! Nor deem that memory less dear , That then I seem not to repine ; I ...
... dare not speak before . Oh , pardon that in crowds awhile I waste one thought I owe to thee , And , self - condemn'd , appear to smile , Unfaithful to thy Memory ! Nor deem that memory less dear , That then I seem not to repine ; I ...
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... dare not mend , All past reproach may present scenes refute , And censure , wisely loud , be justly mute ! ( 2 ) ( 1 ) [ Originally , " Ere Garrick died , " & c.— " By the bye , one of my cor- rections in the copy sent yesterday has ...
... dare not mend , All past reproach may present scenes refute , And censure , wisely loud , be justly mute ! ( 2 ) ( 1 ) [ Originally , " Ere Garrick died , " & c.— " By the bye , one of my cor- rections in the copy sent yesterday has ...
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... dare not mend . Blame not our judgment should we acquiesce , And gratify you more by showing less . The past reproach let present scenes refute , Nor shift from man to babe , from babe to brute . " " Is Whitbread , " said Lord Byron ...
... dare not mend . Blame not our judgment should we acquiesce , And gratify you more by showing less . The past reproach let present scenes refute , Nor shift from man to babe , from babe to brute . " " Is Whitbread , " said Lord Byron ...
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... dare essay , And freely wander from the beaten way , True to your characters , till all be past , Preserve consistency from first to last . ' Tis hard to venture where our betters fail , Or lend fresh interest to a twice - told tale ...
... dare essay , And freely wander from the beaten way , True to your characters , till all be past , Preserve consistency from first to last . ' Tis hard to venture where our betters fail , Or lend fresh interest to a twice - told tale ...
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Page 207 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 152 - Such is the aspect of this shore; >Tis Greece, but living Greece no more So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath...
Page 208 - Wax faint o'er the gardens of gul in her bloom, Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute , Where the tints of the earth , and the hues of the sky , In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Page 264 - Oh, who can tell ? not thou, luxurious slave ! Whose soul would sicken o'er the heaving wave ; Not thou, vain lord of wantonness and ease...
Page 165 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!
Page 109 - SLOW sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, ^ Along Morea's hills the setting sun ; Not, as in Northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light ! O'er the hushed deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows.
Page 179 - But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be 'rent : Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race : There, from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victims, ere they yet expire, Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are withered on the stem.
Page 272 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear ; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled — and Mercy sigh'd farewell...
Page 213 - Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might — the majesty of Loveliness...
Page 309 - Salamis! Their azure arches through the long expanse More deeply purpled meet his mellowing glance, And tenderest tints, along their summits driven, Mark his gay course, and own the hues of heaven; Till, darkly shaded from the land and deep, Behind his Delphian cliff he sinks to sleep...