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... that make us sigh Ever to have seen such ; for she was one Fit for the model of a statuary , ( A race of mere impostors , when all's doneI've seen much finer women , ripe and real , Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal ) .
... that make us sigh Ever to have seen such ; for she was one Fit for the model of a statuary , ( A race of mere impostors , when all's doneI've seen much finer women , ripe and real , Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal ) .
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arms bear beauty beneath blood bosom breast breath bright brow chief clouds cold dare dark dead dear death deeds deep dread dream dwell earth face fair fall fame fate fear feel felt fire foes gaze glance grave hand hate hath head hear heard heart heaven hope hour knew land leave less light lips live lonely look lord lost meet mind mortal mountains ne'er never night o'er once pass past pride raised rest rise round scarce scene seek seem'd seen shore sigh sleep smile song soul sound spirit stand star stood sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought thousand till turn twas vain voice walls waters wave wild wind young youth
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Página 237 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
Página 247 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Página 412 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe— into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Página 541 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay...
Página 291 - It seem'd like me to want a mate, But was not half so desolate, And it was come to love me when None lived to love me so again, And cheering from my dungeon's brink, Had brought me back to feel and think.
Página 350 - A few short hours, and he will rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies, But not my mother earth. Deserted is my own good hall, Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall, My dog howls at the gate.
Página 495 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 410 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Página 500 - Because it reminds me of thine ; And when winds are at war with the ocean, As the breasts I believed in with me, If their billows excite an emotion, It is that they bear me from thee.
Página 146 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In...
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| Título | The poetical works of lord Byron, with life Landscape ser. of poets |
| Autor | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) |
| Editor | Gall & Inglis, 1881 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 4 Ago 2006 |
| N.º de páginas | 576 páginas |
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