 His corse in dust whereon the day Might shine — it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laugh'd, and laid...  Tales and poems - Page 275by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1909 - 508 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But. then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...leant, Such murder's fitting monument! VIII But he, the favorite and the flower, Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair face, The... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument! But he, the favourite and the flower, Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair... | |
 | 1910 - 542 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument ! But he, the favourite and the flower, Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1911 - 328 pages
...my idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love; His empty chain above...! VIII But he, the favourite and the flower, Most cherished since his natal hour, 165 His mother's image in fair face, The infant love of all his race,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1909 - 160 pages
...could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there : ieo The flat and turfless earth above The being we so...chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument ! Till. But he, the favorite and the flower, IBS Most cherished since his natal hour, His mother's... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 324 pages
...it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, 155 That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there:. The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1909 - 160 pages
...it was a foolish thought, j«5 But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there : 1w The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love... | |
 | 1910 - 540 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument! But he, the favourite and the flower, Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair... | |
 | 1910 - 356 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed, and laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love; His... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1911 - 792 pages
...shine— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...laid him there : The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love ; His empty chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument!... | |
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