The Poetical Works of Lord ByronJohn Murray, 1859 - 827 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2
... past pleasures and disappointment in new ones , and that even the beauties of nature , and the stimulus of travel ( except ambition , the most powerful of all excitements ) , are lost on a soul so constituted , or rather misdirected ...
... past pleasures and disappointment in new ones , and that even the beauties of nature , and the stimulus of travel ( except ambition , the most powerful of all excitements ) , are lost on a soul so constituted , or rather misdirected ...
Page 11
... past . " - B . Diary , 1821. ] Casting the eye over the site of ancient Delphi , one cannot possibly imagine what has become of the walls of the numerous buildings which are mentioned in the history of its farmer magnificence ...
... past . " - B . Diary , 1821. ] Casting the eye over the site of ancient Delphi , one cannot possibly imagine what has become of the walls of the numerous buildings which are mentioned in the history of its farmer magnificence ...
Page 24
... past , The native revels of the troop began ; Each Palikar 2 his sabre from him cast , And bounding hand in hand , man link'd to man , Yelling their uncouth dirge , long daunced the kirtled clan . 3 LXXII . Childe Harold at a little ...
... past , The native revels of the troop began ; Each Palikar 2 his sabre from him cast , And bounding hand in hand , man link'd to man , Yelling their uncouth dirge , long daunced the kirtled clan . 3 LXXII . Childe Harold at a little ...
Page 27
... past Shall pilgrims , pensive , but unwearied , throng ; Long shall the voyager , with th ' Ionian blast , Hail the bright clime of battle and of song ; Long shall thine annals and immortal tongue Fill with thy fame the youth of many a ...
... past Shall pilgrims , pensive , but unwearied , throng ; Long shall the voyager , with th ' Ionian blast , Hail the bright clime of battle and of song ; Long shall thine annals and immortal tongue Fill with thy fame the youth of many a ...
Page 53
... past , First Freedom , and then Glory- when that fails , Wealth , vice , corruption , barbarism at last . And History , with all her volumes vast , Hath but one page , - ' tis better written here Where gorgeous Tyranny hath thus amass'd ...
... past , First Freedom , and then Glory- when that fails , Wealth , vice , corruption , barbarism at last . And History , with all her volumes vast , Hath but one page , - ' tis better written here Where gorgeous Tyranny hath thus amass'd ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adah Aholibamah Anah aught bard bear beauty behold beneath blood bosom breast breath brow Cain Calmar canto chief Childe Harold dare dark dead death deeds deep Doge Doge of Venice dost dread earth Faliero fame fate father fear feel gaze Giaour grave Greece hand hath hear heard heart heaven honour hope hour Iden leave less Lioni live look Lord Byron Lucifer Marino Faliero mind mortal mountains Myrrha ne'er never night noble o'er once palace PANIA Parisina pass'd passion poem poet Sardanapalus scarce scene seem'd Sieg Siege of Corinth Siegendorf sigh sire slave sleep smile soul spirit Stral strange tears thee thine things thou art thought Ulric Venice verse voice walls wave wild words young youth
Popular passages
Page 58 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, •To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll!
Page 28 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 28 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 28 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 58 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown.
Page 29 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's...
Page 135 - A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 122 - There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek— There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Page 40 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Page 54 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.