 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1830 - 528 pages
...or unforeseen, I have sustaiu'd my share of worldly »hocks: The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox; I have been cunning in mine overthrow, Tbe careful pilot of my proper woe. 4. Vine were my faults, and mine be their reward, My whole life... | |
 | 1831 - 984 pages
...overlook'd or unforseen, I have sustain'd my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; I have been...since the day That gave me being, gave me that which inarr'd The gift — a fate, or will, that walk'd astray ; And I at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1831 - 572 pages
...pretence or paradox ; I nave been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper wo. IV. " Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My...since the day That gave me being, gave me that which marr'rl The gift, — a fate, or will, that walk'd astray ; And 1 at times have found the struggle... | |
 | 1831 - 472 pages
...do I seek to «creen My errors wilt) defensive paradox ; Ibave been cunning in mine overthrow, Tue careful pilot of my proper woe. Mine were my faults,...reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That cuve me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift— a fate, or will, that walk'd astray ; And I at... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1831 - 620 pages
...overlook'd or unforeseen, I have sustain'd my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; I have been...overthrow. The careful pilot of my proper woe. ' Mine ' Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest since the day That gave... | |
 | 1831 - 632 pages
...overlook'd or unforeseen, I have sustain'd my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; I have been...mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. I ' Mine ' Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest since the day... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 478 pages
...or unforeseen, t I have sustain'd my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox; I have been...mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. * Admiral Byron was remarkable for never making a voyage with* out a tempest. He was known to the sailors... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 618 pages
...'d or unJbnrseeu, I have sustain'd my share of worldly shocks: The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; I have been...mine overthrow. The careful pilot of my proper woe. 4. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward, My whole life was a contest, since Die day That gave... | |
 | 1831 - 444 pages
...shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screcu My errors witb defensive naiadox; I have l>een cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my...proper woe. Mine were my faults, and mine be their rewanl. My whole life was a contest, since the day ' That gave me being, gave me that which marr'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 304 pages
...pretence or paradox; [ have been cunning iu mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. IV. « Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day Thaï gave me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift,—a fate , or will, that walk'd astray ; And... | |
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If my inheritance of storms hath been In other elements - and on the rocks Of perils overlooked or unforeseen I have sustained my share of worldly shocks The fault was mine - nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox I have been cunning... 
