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" But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till... "
The complete works of lord Byron with a biogr. and critical notice by J. W. Lake - Page 15
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825
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The reigning vice: a satirical essay [by C.H. Townshend. In verse].

Chauncy Hare Townshend - 1827 - 424 pages
...motive of love to God, have Self-love at the bottom ? Thus the great truth sleeps in venerable sanctity, and " Men are what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other." Having once laid hold of the right key, I found that it corresponded so precisely to all the intricate...
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Manfred. Hebrew melodies. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. Monody on the death of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...action and itself ! But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict...other. Hark ! the note, [The Shepherd's pipe in the distance is heard. The natural music of the mountain reed — For here the patriarchal days are not...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe...name not to themselves. And trust not to each other. The effect of a simple melody, heard in the distance from a shepherd's pipe — a sound which never...
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"Sydney's" Letter to the King: And Other Correspondence, Connected with the ...

Sydney (pseud.) - 1828 - 94 pages
...mix'd essence make A conflict of it's elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, 51 Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are, what they own not to themselves, And trust not—to each other! " AJANFRED. LORD BYRON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE...
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"Sydney's" Letter to the King: And Other Correspondence, Connected with the ...

Sydney (pseud.) - 1828 - 74 pages
...action and itself! But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of it's elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...action and itself ; But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict...elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of j>ride, Contending with low wants and lofty will Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what...
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Southern Review, Volume 7

1831 - 550 pages
...action and itself ; But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unlit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, &c. * * * Hark ! the note, The natural music of the mountain reed — For here the patriarchal days...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 348 pages
...name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our naix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe...other. Hark ! the note, {The Shepherd's pipe in the distance is heard. The natural music of the mountain reed — For here the patriarchal days are not...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Including His Suppressed Poems, and Others ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...action and itself ! But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict...name not to themselves, And trust not to each other 71 Hark ! the note, [The shepherd's pipe in the distance is hcanl. The natural music of the mountain...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 354 pages
...action and itself ! But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict...other. Hark ! the note, [The Shepherd's pipe in the distance is heard. The natural music of the mountain reed — For here the patriarchal days are not...
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