 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.  The Ashlar - Page 320edited by - 1857Full view - About this book
 | 680 pages
...smile ! the smile of death, BO meaningless, passionless, and chilling, pierced me to the quick : " So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there." Her condition was indeed deplorable in the extreme. As soon as possible we embarked for Dover ; the... | |
 | 1813 - 552 pages
...softfy seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect ot this shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet,...deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | 1813 - 716 pages
...softly seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more' So coldly sweet,...deadly fair, . We start — for soul is wanting there. Her) ia the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breatli; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | 1813 - 560 pages
...softly seal'd The first— last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore—, Tis Greece — but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet,...deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; i But beauty with that... | |
 | 1813 - 550 pages
...softly scal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet,...deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 pages
...softly seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of tbis shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — -lor snul is wanting there. Here is the loveliness in death) That parts not quite with parting... | |
 | 1814 - 680 pages
...by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore — "Tis Greece— but living Greece no more t So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with thpt fearful... | |
 | 1823 - 328 pages
...language of the poet, upon beholding a Grecian landscape, " 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 :" but in the Diorama this monotony of effect is entirely obviated by the fluctuating lights which... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 384 pages
...him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon j Yes, but for these and these alone, 85 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting them Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite \vith parting breath; g5 But beauty with... | |
 | 1820 - 442 pages
...so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd :— 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 ! Here is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath, But beauty with that fearful... | |
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