PoemsRoutledge, 1859 |
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... raised them from a knightly to a noble house , and they became Barons Byron , of Rochdale . They were moderately wealthy , but Charles could bestow honours more easily than estates , and the extravagances and eccentricities of several ...
... raised them from a knightly to a noble house , and they became Barons Byron , of Rochdale . They were moderately wealthy , but Charles could bestow honours more easily than estates , and the extravagances and eccentricities of several ...
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... Raise a flame in the breast for the war - laurell ' wreath ; Near Askalon's towers John of Horistan slumbers ; Unnerved is the hand of his minstrel by death . Paul and Hubert , too , sleep in the valley of Cressy ; For the safety of ...
... Raise a flame in the breast for the war - laurell ' wreath ; Near Askalon's towers John of Horistan slumbers ; Unnerved is the hand of his minstrel by death . Paul and Hubert , too , sleep in the valley of Cressy ; For the safety of ...
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... Raise a flame in the breast for the war - laurell ' wreath ; Near Askalon's towers John of Horistan slumbers ; Unnerved is the hand of his minstrel by death . Paul and Hubert , too , sleep in the valley of Cressy ; For the safety of ...
... Raise a flame in the breast for the war - laurell ' wreath ; Near Askalon's towers John of Horistan slumbers ; Unnerved is the hand of his minstrel by death . Paul and Hubert , too , sleep in the valley of Cressy ; For the safety of ...
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... raise again ; Alcides and his glorious deeds , Beneath whose arm the Hydra bleeds . All , all in vain ; my wayward lyre Wakes silver notes of soft desire . Adieu , ye chiefs renown'd in arms ! Adieu , the clang of war's alarms ! To ...
... raise again ; Alcides and his glorious deeds , Beneath whose arm the Hydra bleeds . All , all in vain ; my wayward lyre Wakes silver notes of soft desire . Adieu , ye chiefs renown'd in arms ! Adieu , the clang of war's alarms ! To ...
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... raise no impious strain , ' Gainst him who rules the sky and azure main . How different now thy joyless fate , Since first Hesione thy bride , When placed aloft in godlike state , The blushing beauty by thy side , Thou sat'st , while ...
... raise no impious strain , ' Gainst him who rules the sky and azure main . How different now thy joyless fate , Since first Hesione thy bride , When placed aloft in godlike state , The blushing beauty by thy side , Thou sat'st , while ...
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Adah arms bear beautiful beneath better blood bosom breast breath bright brow Byron Cain clouds dare dark dead dear death deeds deep dread dream earth face fair fall fame fate father fear feel fire foes gaze give gone grave hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hope hour knew least leave less light lips live look Lord Lucifer meet mind mortal nature ne'er never night o'er once pass passion past poem raised rest rise round scarce scene seem'd seems seen shore sigh sleep smile song soul sound speak spirit star sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought true truth turn twas voice wall wave wild wind wing young youth
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Página 501 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Página 500 - What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ;— the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, ' Let one living head, But one, arise, — we come, we come ! ' Tis but the living who are dumb.
Página 500 - Must we but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae!
Página 499 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; - all were his! He counted them at break of day And when the sun set where were they?
Página 351 - Deserved to be dearest of all : In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
Página 512 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.
Página 318 - THERE'S not a joy the world can give like that it takes away When the glow of early thought declines In feeling's dull decay; 'Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.
Página 360 - And they were enemies: they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame Which was a mockery; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each other's aspects — saw, and shriek'd, and died — Even of their mutual hideousness they died, Unknowing who he was upon whose...
Página 339 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Página 333 - Yet, oh yet, thyself deceive not; Love may sink by slow decay, But by sudden wrench, believe not Hearts can thus be torn away...