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" Twas still some solace, in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth. To hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold. "
The works of ... lord Byron - Page 7
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818
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Idyls and stories in verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1912 - 334 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold; But even these at length...cold. Our voices took a dreary tone. An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound, not full and free, As they of yore were wont to be : It might be fancy,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope or legend old, 60 had been his mates upon the sea; But none of them...appear'd to share his woes, Save one, a corpse, from out dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free As they of yore were wont to be: It might be fancy,...
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A Selection from the Great English Poets: With an Essay on the Reading of Poetry

Sherwin Cody - 1905 - 628 pages
...To barken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope or legend old, Or song heroically bold; But even these at length...cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free As they of yore were wont to be; It might be fancy...
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The Principles and Progress of English Poetry

Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - 1905 - 726 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, 60 Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length...cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free, 65 As they of yore were wont to be : It might...
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Introduction to English Literature: With Suggestions for Further Reading and ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length...took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon-stone, 6oo ENGLISH LITERATURE. I was the eldest of the three, And to uphold and cheer the rest 7° I ought...
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English Authors: A Handbook of English Literature from Chaucer to Living Writers

Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 pages
...to e;u it other's speech, -And each tnrn comforter to each — With some new hope, or Ic.^end old, •Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length...cold: •Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound — not full and free, As they of yore were wont to be ; It might be...
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English Poetry (1170-1892)

John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pages
...old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, IQ An echo of the dungeon-stone, A grating sound —...fancy — but to me They never sounded like our own. I was the eldest of the three ; And to uphold and cheer the rest I ought to do — and did — my best,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 1376 pages
...bold; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound, not full and free, As they of yore...be fancy — but to me They never sounded like our own.IV. I was the eldest of the three, And to uphold and cheer the rest 70 I ought to do — and did...
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Selections from Byron: The Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa, and Other Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 170 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, 60 Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length...cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon stone, A grating sound, not full and free As they of yore were wont to be : It might be fancy...
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English Poetry (1170-1892).

John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 pages
...hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each, With some new hope, or legend old, 60 Or song heroically bold; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, 10 An echo of the dungeon-stone, A grating sound — not full and free As they of yore were wont to...
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