...GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. CANTO I. r. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Arc emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where...of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime 7 Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine,...

...a Greek head : the expression is powerful, it speaks of * The land where the cypress and myrtle Arc emblems of deeds that are done In their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the lore of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime.* In more sober reality, it is the habitual...

...recognise as having been imitated by Lord Byron, in his well known introduction to the Bride of Abydos — Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rnee of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Mow melt into sorrow, now madden to crime 1 It were unnecessary...

...Of thy bold harp, green Isle ! — the Hero is thine own. SCOTT. 22. — FROM THE BRIDE OP ABVDOS. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine;...

...BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS.(i) CANTO THE FIRST. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle (2) Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime,...of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, [shine ; Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams...

...— E.] THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS.(i) CANTO THE FIRST. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle (2) Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime,...of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, [shine ; Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams...

...or Shakspeare. What can be finer than the opening of his first canto in the " Bride of Abydos ?" " Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine...

...the Hebrew Melodies.] KNOW YE THE LAND? LORD BYRON. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle \re emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where...the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now mejt into sorrow, now madden to crime : Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever...

...country, and which are never more forcibly recalled than in reading these lines of Lord Byron : — •' Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flow'rs ever blossom, the beams ever shine,...

...met or never pnrted, "We had ne'er been brokea-hcartrd. CANTO I. I. BURNS. Know ye the land where die cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done...of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow , now madden to crime! Know ye the land of the cedar and vine , Where the flowers ever blossom , the beams ever shine...