 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...lines. They are now, we believe, very generally ascribed to the late Rev. C. Wolfe. Modern Greece. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...beams ever shine ? Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 466 pages
...REGARD AND RESPECT, BT HIS GRATEFUt.tY OBt.IGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. A TURKISH TALE. CANTO I. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wingsof Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume. Wax faint o'er the gardeus of Gul ' in her bloom ; Where the... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...I'ltlKMI. BYRON. CANTO I. ic (he land where the cypress and myrtle Are riiilili-mr of deeds thnt arc , And each t I'icr shine; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'*! with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of... | |
 | 1814 - 684 pages
...be passed over in silence. A striking example of this occurs in the four first introductory lines. " Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...turtle, Now melt into sorrow — now madden to crime.'' " The two -first lines are perfectly intelligible ; but whether in tlie two next the noble Lord means,... | |
 | 1827 - 446 pages
...recognise as having been imitated by Lord Byron, in his well known introduction to the Bride of Abydos — Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? It were unnecessary to remind the reader that such a piece as the following is any thing but a specimen... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...EVERT SENT1MEXT OF rFGABD AND KESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFDLLT OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. CANTO I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the tlowers ever blossom, the beams e%er shine, W here the light wing* of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pages
...stirr'd in this black spot, /only lived — / only drew The accursed breath of dunsreon dew." TURKEY. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime 1 Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...'Tis fitting for a broken heart, And falsehood cannot roach thee there. WD FROM THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. 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 ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. CANTO I. r. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Arc emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime 7 Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine, When;... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1830 - 502 pages
...AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE KRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine; Where thelightwingsof Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul (i) in her bloom;... | |
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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... 
