The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals and His Life, Volume 16John Murray, 1847 |
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... late he trod , her beautiful , her own ; Thus much she view'd an instant and no more , - Her struggles ceased with one convulsive groan ; On her sire's arm , which until now scarce held Her writhing , fell she like a cedar fell'd . LIX ...
... late he trod , her beautiful , her own ; Thus much she view'd an instant and no more , - Her struggles ceased with one convulsive groan ; On her sire's arm , which until now scarce held Her writhing , fell she like a cedar fell'd . LIX ...
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... late Love is his own avenger , ( 1 ) [ MS . — " No stone is there to read , nor tongue to say , No dirge - save when arise the stormy seas . " ] ( 2 ) [ It will be advanced that her amours are objectionable , by some fas- tidious critic ...
... late Love is his own avenger , ( 1 ) [ MS . — " No stone is there to read , nor tongue to say , No dirge - save when arise the stormy seas . " ] ( 2 ) [ It will be advanced that her amours are objectionable , by some fas- tidious critic ...
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... late accounts be accurate , Invented , by some name I have forgot , As well as the sublime discovery's date , An airy instrument , with which he sought To ascertain the atmospheric state , By measuring the intensity of blue : " ( 2 ) Oh ...
... late accounts be accurate , Invented , by some name I have forgot , As well as the sublime discovery's date , An airy instrument , with which he sought To ascertain the atmospheric state , By measuring the intensity of blue : " ( 2 ) Oh ...
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... late in 1821 , along with Cantos III . and IV .; and here the Poet meant to stop - for what reason , the subjoined extracts from his letters will show : February 16. 1821. " The fifth is so far from being the last of Don Juan , that it ...
... late in 1821 , along with Cantos III . and IV .; and here the Poet meant to stop - for what reason , the subjoined extracts from his letters will show : February 16. 1821. " The fifth is so far from being the last of Don Juan , that it ...
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... late he was gone . There were found close by him an old gun- barrel , sawn half off ; it had just been discharged , and was quite warm . ' B. Letters . ] 23 - He seem'd to sleep , - for you could scarcely 72 CANTO V. DON JUAN .
... late he was gone . There were found close by him an old gun- barrel , sawn half off ; it had just been discharged , and was quite warm . ' B. Letters . ] 23 - He seem'd to sleep , - for you could scarcely 72 CANTO V. DON JUAN .
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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.