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... fame , And had been glorious in another day : But one sad losel soils a name for aye , However mighty in the olden time ; Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay , Nor florid prose , nor honied lies of rhyme , Can blazon evil deeds ...
... fame , And had been glorious in another day : But one sad losel soils a name for aye , However mighty in the olden time ; Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay , Nor florid prose , nor honied lies of rhyme , Can blazon evil deeds ...
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... these champions cheated of their fame , By foes in fight o'erthrown , yet victors here , Where scorn her finger points through many a coming year ? XXVII . So deem'd the Childe , as o'er the I 2 CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE . 17 ODLE ...
... these champions cheated of their fame , By foes in fight o'erthrown , yet victors here , Where scorn her finger points through many a coming year ? XXVII . So deem'd the Childe , as o'er the I 2 CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE . 17 ODLE ...
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... fame : Fame that will scarce reanimate their clay , Though thousands fall to deck some single name . In sooth ' t were sad to thwart their noble aim Who strike , blest hirelings ! for their country's good , And die , that living might ...
... fame : Fame that will scarce reanimate their clay , Though thousands fall to deck some single name . In sooth ' t were sad to thwart their noble aim Who strike , blest hirelings ! for their country's good , And die , that living might ...
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... fame on the spot where it was ac- quired , while his softer qualities live in the recollection of friends who loved him too well to envy his superiority . In Mr. Moore's Life of Byron , he says : " Originally the Page and Yeoman of the ...
... fame on the spot where it was ac- quired , while his softer qualities live in the recollection of friends who loved him too well to envy his superiority . In Mr. Moore's Life of Byron , he says : " Originally the Page and Yeoman of the ...
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... strict restraint , which broken , ever balks Conquest and fame : but Britons rarely swerve From law , however stern , which tends their strength to nerve . XX . Blow ! swiftly blow , thou keel - CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE . 43.
... strict restraint , which broken , ever balks Conquest and fame : but Britons rarely swerve From law , however stern , which tends their strength to nerve . XX . Blow ! swiftly blow , thou keel - CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE . 43.
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Albanian Ali Pacha Athens beauty behold beneath blood Boccaccio bosom breast breath brow CANTO Childe Harold Christian Cicero dark dead death deep doom earth fair fame fate feel Ficus Ruminalis foes gaze Giaour glory gondoliers grave Greece Greek hand hath heard heart heaven hills honour hope hour Italian Italy Julius Cæsar land less light live maid mind mortal mountains ne'er never night Note o'er once Parisina pass pass'd Petrarch Pouqueville rock Romaic Roman Rome round scarce scene seem'd seen shine shore sigh smile song soul spirit Stanza steed stood sweet tears thee thine things thou thought tomb Venetians Venice voice walls wave wild wind young ἀπὸ δὲν διὰ εἶναι εἰς καὶ μὲ νὰ σᾶς τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῶν
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