| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...nostris nomen servarit amici Q.vae memor e caeco lacruma fönte cadit. E. The Land of the Sun. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems...oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Qul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale... | |
| 1813 - 458 pages
...day's decline. SYLVANDER, SELECTED POETRY. FKOM THE BRTDE OF ABYDOS, A NEW POEMi BY LORD BY 'ON. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle ' Are emblems...oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul* in her bloom j Where the citron and olive are, fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1813 - 86 pages
...this lip shall be " No sigh for safety, but a prayer for theej THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. .I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems...oppressed with perfume, - Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul1 in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale... | |
| 1814 - 558 pages
...of the turtle — Now melt into sorrow— now madden to crime.1— Know ye the land of the cedar und vine ? Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever...oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of (Jul in her bloom j Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 572 pages
...wrought. The opening stanza, describing ' the Clime of the East,' should not pass unnoticed : ' Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems...oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fiiirest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale-... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 378 pages
...RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. 1 KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems...of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume/ Wax faint o'er fhe gardens of Gul * in her bloom ; Where the citron and" olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice... | |
| 1814 - 556 pages
...piece to his Giaour. The following splendid description of Asiatic scenery opens the first canto. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle . Are emblems...the land of the cedar and vine ? Where the flowers cverhlossoro, the beams ever shine, Where the light wings of Zephvr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint... | |
| 1814 - 564 pages
...piece to his Giaour. The following splendid deseription of Asiatic scenery opens the first canto. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems...turtle—- Now melt into sorrow — now madden to erime ?— Know ye the land of the cedar and vine ? Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever... | |
| 1814 - 570 pages
...piece to his Giaour. The following splendid description of Asiatic scenery opens the first canto. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems...clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love »f the turtle — Now melt into sorrow — now madden to crime ?— Know je the land of the cedar... | |
| 1814 - 760 pages
...of deed1; that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love of the turtleNew melt into sorrow — now madden to crime ? — Know...and vine ? Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams evershine, Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul... | |
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