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" KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime... "
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With ... Notes and a Life of the Author - Page 77
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Poems and tales

Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...the eye and ear, by merely scanning the passage without reference to lines, and, continuously, thus: Know ye the | land where the | cypress and | myrtle...vulture the | love of the | turtle Now | melt into | softness now | madden to | crime \ Know ye the | land of the | cedar and | vine Where the | flowers...
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Selections from the writings of lord Byron, by a clergyman [W. Elwin].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...farther with thee bear my soul Than winds can waft or waters roll ! THE GIAOUR. "THE CLIME OF THE EAST." KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...to crime ! Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...EVERY SENTIMENT OF REQARD AND RESPECT, BY HIS ORATEFULLY OBLIQBD AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYBON. CANTO I. I. x]ϛģ g Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with...
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The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord ! THE EAST. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings ofZephyr.oppressed with...
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The English Language, Volume 2

Robert Gordon Latham - 1855 - 542 pages
...might of the Gentile unsmote by the sword Hath melted like snow in the glance of the L6rd. — BYRON. Know ye the land where the cypress and * myrtle Are...to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with...
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The Wesleyan methodist association magazine, Volume 18

1855 - 616 pages
...gardens of the earth, where they spread pestilence and death. How he looked at the beauties of nature ! " Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime." In his highest work, the sublimest description of the sublimest scenery, the most melting pictures...
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The Summer-land: A Southern Story

1855 - 276 pages
...3 3433 07609424 6 (7 SUMMER-LAND BT A CHILD OF THE SUN, '' Know ye the Land where the cypress and myrtle Are...the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melts into sorrow, now maddens to crime ? " BBIDE OF ABTDOS. NEW YORK : D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 846...
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The Turkish Spies Ali Abubeker Kaled, and Zenobia Marrita Mustapha, Or, the ...

Maturin Murray Ballou - 1855 - 272 pages
...District of New To* I -.,<•> \: THE PROPHET: OR THE STORMING OF CÍTALE. A.TALE OF THE EUSSIAN WAE. "Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turUe, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ?" CHAPTEE I. In a large, brilliantly illuminated...
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Lecture on the Writings and Genius of Byron: Before the Carlisle Mechanics ...

John Clark Ferguson - 1856 - 90 pages
...intensity of their emotions, and violence of their passions. The words of the poet are as follows— " Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...to crime. Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with...
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A Collection of Familiar Quotations: With Complete Indices of Authors and ...

John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whispered word. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. Canto i. St. 1. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle, Are...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? The Bride of Abydos — Continued. Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save...
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