The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,John Murray, 1835 |
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... shame ! Nor profane with your sneers so poetic a name . Ink . Nay , I meant him no evil , but pitied his master ; For the poet of pedlers ' twere , sure , no disaster To wear a new livery ; the more , as ' tis not The first time he has ...
... shame ! Nor profane with your sneers so poetic a name . Ink . Nay , I meant him no evil , but pitied his master ; For the poet of pedlers ' twere , sure , no disaster To wear a new livery ; the more , as ' tis not The first time he has ...
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... shame ! I repeat . If Sir George could but hear Lady Blueb . Never mind our friend Inkel ; we all know , my dear , ' Tis his way . Sir Rich . Ink . A lecturer's . But this place Is perhaps like friend Scamp's , [ Stamps : " Lady Blueb ...
... shame ! I repeat . If Sir George could but hear Lady Blueb . Never mind our friend Inkel ; we all know , my dear , ' Tis his way . Sir Rich . Ink . A lecturer's . But this place Is perhaps like friend Scamp's , [ Stamps : " Lady Blueb ...
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... shame to every ear in Venice ? Doge . Ay , doubtless they have echo'd o'er the arsenal , Keeping due time with every hammer's clink As a good jest to jolly artisans ; Or making chorus to the creaking oar , In the vile tune of every ...
... shame to every ear in Venice ? Doge . Ay , doubtless they have echo'd o'er the arsenal , Keeping due time with every hammer's clink As a good jest to jolly artisans ; Or making chorus to the creaking oar , In the vile tune of every ...
Page 89
... shame on him , And sorrow too ; for he will lose far more Than I. Doge . From me fear nothing ; out with it ! I. Ber . Know then , that there are met and sworn in secret A band of brethren , valiant hearts and true ; Men who have proved ...
... shame on him , And sorrow too ; for he will lose far more Than I. Doge . From me fear nothing ; out with it ! I. Ber . Know then , that there are met and sworn in secret A band of brethren , valiant hearts and true ; Men who have proved ...
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... , His own still conscience smote him for the act , And every shadow on the walls frown'd shame Upon his coward calumny . Mar. ' Twere fit He should be punish'd grievously . He is so . Ang . Mar. What is the 96 ACT II . MARINO FALIERO ,
... , His own still conscience smote him for the act , And every shadow on the walls frown'd shame Upon his coward calumny . Mar. ' Twere fit He should be punish'd grievously . He is so . Ang . Mar. What is the 96 ACT II . MARINO FALIERO ,
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Page 251 - The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to do, Excepting to wind up the sun and moon, Or curb a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a comet, which too soon Broke out of bounds o'er the ethereal blue, Splitting some planet with its playful tail, As boats are sometimes by a wanton whale.
Page 8 - 1 viso; Ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse. Quando leggemmo il disiato riso Esser baciato da cotanto amante , Questi , che mai da me non fia diviso , La bocca mi baciò tutto tremante. Galeotto fu il libro, e chi lo scrisse; Quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante.
Page 20 - Fame! — if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. There chiefly I sought thee, there only I found thee; Her glance was the best of the rays that surround thee; When it sparkled o'er aught that was bright in my story, I knew it was love, and I felt it was glory.
Page 245 - ... footsteps, as with even tread He paced around his prison : not to him Did Nature's fair varieties exist ; He never saw the sun's delightful beams, Save when through yon high bars he pour'da sad And broken splendour.
Page 256 - God save the king!" It is a large economy In God to save the like: but if he will Be saving, all the better; for not one am I Of those who think damnation better still...
Page 19 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story ; The days of our youth are the days of our glory ; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Page 209 - Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 11 - Alone we were, and no Suspicion near us. Oft-times by that reading Our eyes were drawn together, and the hue Fled from our alter'd cheek.
Page 211 - Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe ! Strike as I would Have struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! [ The DOGE throws himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sword the scene closes.
Page 15 - Sweet hour of twilight ! — in the solitude Of the pine forest, and the silent shore Which bounds Ravenna's immemorial wood...