The Giaour, and the Bride of Abydos. [With a Memoir of the Author.]H.G. Clarke and Company, 1844 - 159 páginas |
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... less common in the East than for- merly ; either because the ladies are more circumspect than in the " olden time ; " or because the Christians have better for- tune , or less enterprize . The story , when entire , contained the ...
... less common in the East than for- merly ; either because the ladies are more circumspect than in the " olden time ; " or because the Christians have better for- tune , or less enterprize . The story , when entire , contained the ...
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... less and less , a speck of white That gemm'd the tide , then mock'd the sight ; And all its hidden secrets sleep , Known but to Genii of the deep , Which , trembling in their coral caves , They dare not whisper to the waves ...
... less and less , a speck of white That gemm'd the tide , then mock'd the sight ; And all its hidden secrets sleep , Known but to Genii of the deep , Which , trembling in their coral caves , They dare not whisper to the waves ...
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... the Bridegroom his promised gift , Is his heart more cold , or his barb less swift ? Oh , false reproach ! yon Tartar now Has gained our nearest mountain's brow , And warily the steep descends , And now within the 40 THE GIAOUR .
... the Bridegroom his promised gift , Is his heart more cold , or his barb less swift ? Oh , false reproach ! yon Tartar now Has gained our nearest mountain's brow , And warily the steep descends , And now within the 40 THE GIAOUR .
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... less than dread On such the sight is riveted . The roofless cot decayed and rent , Will scarce delay the passer by ; The tower by war or tempest bent , While yet may frown one battlement , Demands and daunts the stranger's eye ; Each ...
... less than dread On such the sight is riveted . The roofless cot decayed and rent , Will scarce delay the passer by ; The tower by war or tempest bent , While yet may frown one battlement , Demands and daunts the stranger's eye ; Each ...
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... less . We loathe what none are left to share : Even bliss - ' twere woe alone to bear ; The heart once left thus desolate , Must fly at last for ease - to hate . It is as if the dead could feel The icy worm around them steal , And ...
... less . We loathe what none are left to share : Even bliss - ' twere woe alone to bear ; The heart once left thus desolate , Must fly at last for ease - to hate . It is as if the dead could feel The icy worm around them steal , And ...
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Abdallah's Amaun arms Arnaut Azrael bear beauty beneath blest blood bloom bower brave bread and salt breast breath BRIDE OF ABYDOS brow Calpac Carasman cheek clime courser's dare dark dear death deed doom dread e'er earth fate father fear feel fire flower foes Galiongée gaze Giaffir Giaour glance gloom grave Greek grief hand Haram Hassan hate hath hear heard heart heaven Helle's Hellespont hope hour Houris jerreed Koran land Leila live lonely Lord Byron maid Morea Moslem mourn Mussulman ne'er never Newstead Abbey night o'er Ollahs Pacha pale Persian rest rose round sabre scarce Selim shine shore sire slave smile soothe sorrow soul sound steed steel strife tale tear tell thee thine thought tomb tophaike trembling turban Turkish Twas twere voice waft wandering wave winds word wound young Zuleika
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Página 1 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Página 10 - Clime of the unforgotten brave ! Whose land from plain to mountain-cave Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! can it be, That this is all remains of thee...
Página 1 - Wax faint o'er the gardens of 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 colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Página 45 - But be the star that guides the wanderer, Thou ! Thou, my Zuleika, share and bless my bark; The Dove of peace and promise to mine ark ! Or, since that hope denied in worlds of strife, Be thon the rainbow to the storms of life ! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray...
Página 9 - And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him...
Página 25 - Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain. — So do the dark in soul expire, Or live like Scorpion girt by fire;* So writhes the mind Remorse hath riven, Unfit for earth, undoom'd for heaven, Darkness above, despair beneath, Around it flame, within it death!
Página 8 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers...
Página 17 - XII He lived — he breathed — he moved — he felt; He raised the maid from where she knelt ; His trance was gone — his keen eye shone With thoughts that long in darkness dwelt; 330 With thoughts that burn — in rays that melt.
Página 17 - Twas but a moment that he stood, Then sped as if by death pursued; But in that instant o'er his soul Winters of Memory seem'd to roll, And gather in that drop of time A life of pain, an age of crime.
Página 81 - Orieutalej" but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations ; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it ; his " Happy Valley " will not bear a comparison with the