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" A fair but froward infant her own care, Kissing its cries away as these awake; — Is it not better thus our lives to wear, Than join the crushing crowd, doom'd to inflict or bear? "
Poems of Places Oceana 1 V.; England 4; Scotland 3 V: Iceland, Switzerland ... - Page 114
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 7-8

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...bark drives on and on, and anchored ne'e, shall be. LXXT. Is it not better, then, to be alone,' Aud love Earth only for its earthly sake? By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone, z 8 Or the pure bosom of its nursing lake, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make A fair but froward...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Childe Harold's pilgrimage

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be. LXXI. Is it not better, then, to be alone, And love Earth only for its earthly sake ? By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone, (18) Or the pure bosom of its nursing lake, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make A fair but froward...
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The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...love Earth only for its earthly sake ? By the hlue rushing of the arrowy Rhone, (18) Or the pure hosom of its nursing lake, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make A fair hut froward infaq^ her own eare, Kissing its erics away as these awake ; — Is it not hetter thus...
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The complete works of lord Byron with a biogr. and critical ..., Volumes 1-2

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...o'er eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be. LXXI. Is it not better, then, to be alone, And love earth only for its earthly sake! By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone,' 8 Or the pure bosom of its nursing lake, Which feeds it as a mother w.ho doth make A*fair but froward...
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British Farmer's Magazine, Issue 56

1869 - 604 pages
...read those exquisite lines of the noble poet in reference to Lake Leman — " Is it not better, then, to be alone, And love earth only for its earthly sake?...lake, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make A fair, bat froward infant, her own care, Kissing its cries away as these awake." Beautiful and touching they...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...wanderers o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchored ne'er shall be It is no better, then, to be alone, And love Earth only for its earthly sake ? By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone, (18) Or the pure bosom of its nursing lake, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make A fair but froward...
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The works of lord Byron including his suppressed poems

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...alone, And love earth only for iu earthly sake? Ry the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone, *B Or tbe pure bosom of its nursing lake, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make Л fair but froward infant hrr owu care, Kissing its cries away as these awake i — Is it not belter...
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The works of lord Byron including the suppressed poems

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...o'er eternity, Whose hark drives on andou,audauchor'd ne'er shall he. LXXI. Is it not better, then, to be alone, And love earth only for its earthly sake? By the blue rushing of the arrowy Khone,'" Or the pure bosom of ils nursing Tikf, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make Л fair but...
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The Christian Spectator, Volume 2

1828 - 704 pages
...as if only the perspicacity of common eye-sight were required to learn its existence. Who ever sat " By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone, Or the pure bosom of its nursing Lake," ind in his senses supposed that the diseased state of his eye made any change ш the fact of the remarkable...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Including the Suppressed Poems. Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...earth ouly for its earthly sake T By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone,1*1 Or the pure bosom of ¡Is nursing lake, Which feeds it as a mother who doth make A fuir but fro ward infant her own care, Kissing its críes away as these awake; — Is it not better...
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