The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: The corsair. LaraJohn Murray, 1817 |
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... band to duty - not from sleep --- Equipped for deeds alike on land or deep ; While leaned their leader o'er the fretting flood , And calmly talked - and yet he talked of blood ! END OF CANTO I. THE CORSAIR . CANTO II . " Conosceste i ...
... band to duty - not from sleep --- Equipped for deeds alike on land or deep ; While leaned their leader o'er the fretting flood , And calmly talked - and yet he talked of blood ! END OF CANTO I. THE CORSAIR . CANTO II . " Conosceste i ...
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... band , and battling with a host That deem right dearly won the field he lost , Felled - bleeding - baffled of the death he sought , And snatched to expiate all the ills he wrought ; Preserved to linger and to live in vain , While Canto ...
... band , and battling with a host That deem right dearly won the field he lost , Felled - bleeding - baffled of the death he sought , And snatched to expiate all the ills he wrought ; Preserved to linger and to live in vain , While Canto ...
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... band . " I come through darkness - and I scarce know why- " Yet not to hurt - I would not see thee die . " " If so , kind lady ! thine the only eye 1050 " That would not here in that gay hope delight : " Theirs is the chance - and let ...
... band . " I come through darkness - and I scarce know why- " Yet not to hurt - I would not see thee die . " " If so , kind lady ! thine the only eye 1050 " That would not here in that gay hope delight : " Theirs is the chance - and let ...
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... hope , " Of flight from foes with whom I could not cope ; " Unfit to vanquish - shall I meanly fly , " The one of all my band that would not die ? 1081 " Yet there is one - to whom my memory Canto II . 75 THE CORSAIR .
... hope , " Of flight from foes with whom I could not cope ; " Unfit to vanquish - shall I meanly fly , " The one of all my band that would not die ? 1081 " Yet there is one - to whom my memory Canto II . 75 THE CORSAIR .
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... - the remnant of his band " Embark their wealth , and seek a safer strand . " " Gulnare ! -if for each drop of blood a gem " Were offered rich as Stamboul's diadem ' ; " If for each hair of his a massy mine 92 Curito III . THE CORSAIR .
... - the remnant of his band " Embark their wealth , and seek a safer strand . " " Gulnare ! -if for each drop of blood a gem " Were offered rich as Stamboul's diadem ' ; " If for each hair of his a massy mine 92 Curito III . THE CORSAIR .
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accents apostolic palace arms aught band bark beheld beneath betray blood bosom breast breath brow calm CANTO Carthage Cephisus chain cheek chief Conrad Corsair crime dare dark death deeds deemed deep Dervise despair dread dream Duke of Gandia earth Ezzelin fair falchion fate fear feel forget galleys gaze Giaour glance grief Gulnare hand Haram hate hath head heard heart heaven heroic couplet hope hour Kaled knew Lara Lara's less light limbs lone look lord LORD BYRON loud Medora mingle mirth ne'er night numbers o'er once Orleans Otho Otho's Pacha passed Perchance pride reply rest sail scarce seemed Serf Seyd shore shun silent slave slumber smile snatch soothe sought soul spare spirit stern strife sunk tale tear thee Theseus thine thou thought turned twas voice waves Whate'er wild wonted words youth
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Página 9 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home! These are our realms, no limits to their sway — Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. Ours the wild life in tumult still to range From toil to rest, and joy in every change.
Página 83 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Página 145 - A high demeanour, and a glance that took Their thoughts from others by a single look; And that sarcastic levity of tongue, The stinging of a heart the world hath stung...
Página 181 - Melt into morn, and Light awakes the world. Man has another day to swell the past, And lead him near to little, but his last ; But mighty Nature bounds as from her birth, The sun is in the heavens, and life on earth ; Flowers in the valley, splendour in the beam, Health on the gale, and freshness in the stream. Immortal man ! behold her glories shine, And cry, exulting inly,
Página 160 - A thing of dark imaginings, that shaped By choice the perils he by chance escaped; But 'scaped in vain, for in...
Página 10 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense - the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way?
Página 22 - There breathe but few whose aspect might defy The full encounter of his searching eye; He had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing cheek At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some secret thought, than drag that chief's to day.
Página 14 - She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Página 30 - There, in its centre, a sepulchral lamp Burns the slow flame, eternal — but unseen; Which not the darkness of despair can damp, Though vain its ray as it had never been.
Página 11 - Let him who crawls enamoured of decay Cling to his couch, and sicken years away ; Heave his thick breath, and shake his palsied head ; Ours — the fresh turf, and not the feverish bed.