| Acrostics - 1865 - 260 pages
...— So spake the warning prophet.' 5. ' Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death.' 6. ' I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, Or if it were in winged guise, A visitant from Paradise.' 7. ' Ere that steep ascent was won, High... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 pages
...say them all for me ! I never saw its like before, I ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate,...late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were, in winged guise,... | |
| James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...say them all for me ! I never saw its like before, I ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me, to want a mate, But was not half so desolate,...late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were in winged guise,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...than upon the tree ; A lovely bird, with azure wings, And song that said a thousand things, It seem'd, like me, to want a mate, But was not half so desolate,...my dungeon's brink, Had brought me back to feel and thiuk. l know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...say them all for mo ! I never saw its like before, I ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate,...late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were, in winged guise,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 738 pages
...saw iti like before, I ne'er shall see its likeness moro : It eeem'd like me to want a mate, l un. _S &h & 8 & But knowing well captivityŤ Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine ! Or if it were, in winged guise.... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...say them all for me ! I never saw its like before, I ne'er shall see its likeness- more : It seem'd, d howling on the brink, Knowing (dogs have zuch intellectual...he stepp'tl Off, threw him in, then after him he Ic 1 know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine ; But knowing well captivity, Sweet... | |
| Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers - History - 1868 - 168 pages
...like before, I ne'er shall see its likeness more, And It was come to love me, when Hone lived to lore me so again, And cheering from my dungeon's brink...brought me back to feel and think. I know not if it bite were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could... | |
| Edward Clarke LOWE - 1868 - 186 pages
...say them all for me ; I never saw its like before, i I ne'er shall see its likeness more: It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, But it was come to love me when None lived to love me so again, And cheering from my dungeon's brink,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Fore-edge painting - 1870 - 768 pages
...say them all for me ! I never saw its like before, I ne'er shall see its likeness more : It seem'd, 0 \vere free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine. But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird, I could not... | |
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