The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron: Including ... Anecdotes, and Memoirs of the Lives of the Most Eminent and Eccentric, Public and Noble Characters and Courtiers of the ... Age and Court of His Majesty King George the Fourth. In the Course of the Biography is Also Separately Given, Copious Recollections of the Lately Destroyed Ms. Originally Intended for Posthumous Publication, and Entitled: Memoirs of My Own Life and Times, Volume 1M. Iley, 1825 - 431 pages |
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Page 75
... thine . Better to hold the sparkling grape , Than nurse the earth - worm's slimy brood ; And circle , in the goblet's shape , The drink of gods , than reptiles food . Where once my wit , perchance , hath shone , In aid of others ' let ...
... thine . Better to hold the sparkling grape , Than nurse the earth - worm's slimy brood ; And circle , in the goblet's shape , The drink of gods , than reptiles food . Where once my wit , perchance , hath shone , In aid of others ' let ...
Page 85
... thine to break the bonds of loving . For once my soul , like thine , was pure , And all its rising fires could smother ; But now thy fires no more endure , Bestow'd by thee upon another . Perhaps his peace I could destroy , And spoil ...
... thine to break the bonds of loving . For once my soul , like thine , was pure , And all its rising fires could smother ; But now thy fires no more endure , Bestow'd by thee upon another . Perhaps his peace I could destroy , And spoil ...
Page 107
... thine years of shame . ” 107 And thus did this Apostle of Liberty preach to the Greeks , through eighteen other stanzas , and it should seem that neither his planning nor his preaching was in vain . Ali Pacha ( heretofore the mortal ...
... thine years of shame . ” 107 And thus did this Apostle of Liberty preach to the Greeks , through eighteen other stanzas , and it should seem that neither his planning nor his preaching was in vain . Ali Pacha ( heretofore the mortal ...
Page 167
... Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smil'd , And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds , The free - born wanderer of thy mountain air ; Apollo still thy long , long summer gilds , Still ...
... Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smil'd , And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds , The free - born wanderer of thy mountain air ; Apollo still thy long , long summer gilds , Still ...
Page 168
... thine olden time , No theme on which the Muse might soar , High as thine own in days of yore , When man was worthy of thy clime . The hearts within thy vallies bred , The fiery souls that might have led Thy sons to deeds sublime , Now ...
... thine olden time , No theme on which the Muse might soar , High as thine own in days of yore , When man was worthy of thy clime . The hearts within thy vallies bred , The fiery souls that might have led Thy sons to deeds sublime , Now ...
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Abydos Albania Ali Pacha amongst ancient appears Athens bard beautiful boat Bride of Abydos British brother Shandy brother Toby called canto cause character Chaworth Childe Harold Conrad Constantinople Edinburgh Reviewers English father feelings female gave genius Giaour gondoliers Greece Greeks hand heard heart Hellespont hills Hobhouse honour hope hour human island Lady Byron lake land Lara leave letter Lord Byron Lordship Manfred manner Mardyn marriage melancholy ment mind Muses Mytilene never Newstead Abbey night noble o'er occasion once opinion Pacha parties passed passion person Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry present residence RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Rome ruins sailed satire scene ship soon soul spirit stanzas tears Tenedos theatre thee thine thing thou thought tion took traveller Turks uncle Toby Venetian Venice whilst whole young youth