 As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon,; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd!...  The works of lord Byron - Page 8by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1830Full view - About this book
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...the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, ite. See the rest of this beautiful passage, »s far as Such is the aspect of this shore, Tis Greece, but living Greece no more. Giaour, 67. Mrs. Radclijfe. — Beyond Milan the country wore the aspect of a ruder devastation ; and... | |
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...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... | |
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...power. So fair — so calm — so softly sealed The first — last look — by death revealed ! '< Such is the aspect of this shore — . 'Tis Greece...with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful bkiom, That hue which haunts it to the tombExpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round... | |
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...tyrant's power So fair — so calm — so softly seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece —...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... | |
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...tyrant's power, So fair — so calm — so softly scal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece —...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... | |
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...tyrant's power, So fair — so calm— so softly seal'd The first— last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore—, Tis Greece —...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... | |
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...power, So fair — so calm — so softly seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd ! Sucli is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece — but...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... | |
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...— so calm — so softfy seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect ot this shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no...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... | |
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