A Review of the Character and Writings of Lord ByronSherwood Gilbert and Piper, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... earth Already with enough of ill , to melt โจ Ev'n his hard heart , could he for once have felt . " Mischievous and destructive as in themselves the greater portion of the writings of Byron have been , they are rendered doubly so by the ...
... earth Already with enough of ill , to melt โจ Ev'n his hard heart , could he for once have felt . " Mischievous and destructive as in themselves the greater portion of the writings of Byron have been , they are rendered doubly so by the ...
Page 55
... earth , Broke with the share of every rustic plough ; So perish monuments of mortal birth , So perish all in turn , save well recorded Worth . These are long extracts . They have been given in the hope of their being read in connexion ...
... earth , Broke with the share of every rustic plough ; So perish monuments of mortal birth , So perish all in turn , save well recorded Worth . These are long extracts . They have been given in the hope of their being read in connexion ...
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... Such are the verses beginning- O lady when I left the shore , The distant shore which gave me birth , I hardly thought to grieve once more , To quit another spot on earth . Such , too , are the verses addressed to Thyrza OF LORD BYRON . 57.
... Such are the verses beginning- O lady when I left the shore , The distant shore which gave me birth , I hardly thought to grieve once more , To quit another spot on earth . Such , too , are the verses addressed to Thyrza OF LORD BYRON . 57.
Page 59
... earth thy love was such to me ; It fain would form my hope in heaven ! Other passages might be quoted equally touching . No one had more power than Byron , to atter that thrilling voice , which speaks a mind desolate , but unbroken . In ...
... earth thy love was such to me ; It fain would form my hope in heaven ! Other passages might be quoted equally touching . No one had more power than Byron , to atter that thrilling voice , which speaks a mind desolate , but unbroken . In ...
Page 83
... earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep ; - All heaven and earth are still ; from the high host Of stars , to the lull'd lake and mountain ...
... earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep ; - All heaven and earth are still ; from the high host Of stars , to the lull'd lake and mountain ...
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