The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals and His Life, Volume 16John Murray, 1847 |
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... earth -the bounds of the sea - the stars of the sky , and every thing about , around , and underneath ' man , except man himself , who has always been , and always will be , an unlucky rascal . The infinite variety of lives con- duct ...
... earth -the bounds of the sea - the stars of the sky , and every thing about , around , and underneath ' man , except man himself , who has always been , and always will be , an unlucky rascal . The infinite variety of lives con- duct ...
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... earth , and air , seem'd made for They found no fault with Time , save that he fled ; They saw not in themselves aught to condemn : Each was the other's mirror , and but read Joy sparkling in their dark eyes like a gem , And knew such ...
... earth , and air , seem'd made for They found no fault with Time , save that he fled ; They saw not in themselves aught to condemn : Each was the other's mirror , and but read Joy sparkling in their dark eyes like a gem , And knew such ...
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... earth until the land runs o'er ; ( ' ) But there , too , many a poison - tree has root , And midnight listens to the lion's roar , And long , long deserts scorch the camel's foot , Or heaving whelm the helpless caravan ; And as the soil ...
... earth until the land runs o'er ; ( ' ) But there , too , many a poison - tree has root , And midnight listens to the lion's roar , And long , long deserts scorch the camel's foot , Or heaving whelm the helpless caravan ; And as the soil ...
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... earth , and tempest to the air , Had held till now her soft and milky way ; But overwrought with passion and despair , The fire burst forth from her Numidian veins , Even as the Simoom ( 1 ) sweeps the blasted plains . LVIII . The last ...
... earth , and tempest to the air , Had held till now her soft and milky way ; But overwrought with passion and despair , The fire burst forth from her Numidian veins , Even as the Simoom ( 1 ) sweeps the blasted plains . LVIII . The last ...
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... earth could not claim the whole . LXI . The ruling passion , such as marble showe When exquisitely chisell❜d , still lay there , But fix'd as marble's unchanged aspect throws O'er the fair Venus , but for ever fair ; ( 1 ) Vol . XII ...
... earth could not claim the whole . LXI . The ruling passion , such as marble showe When exquisitely chisell❜d , still lay there , But fix'd as marble's unchanged aspect throws O'er the fair Venus , but for ever fair ; ( 1 ) Vol . XII ...
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Page 45 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 16 - ... we are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps, and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. It is the ligation of sense, but the liberty of reason; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps.
Page 135 - Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots...
Page 6 - And if I laugh at any mortal thing, Tis that I may not weep...
Page 122 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 16 - I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof. Were my memory as faithful as my reason is then fruitful, I would never study but in my dreams; and this time also would I choose for my devotions...
Page 177 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 6 - In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal...
Page 225 - Why, so can I ; or so can any man : But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 21 - It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But after being fired at once or twice, The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice.