 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...  The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, - Page 20by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1835Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...July, 1819,) I received at Ravenna a letter in English verse, from Drontheim in Norway, written by a Norwegian, and full of the usual compliments, &c....&c. In the same month I received an invitation into Holstein from a Mr. Jacobson (I think) of Hamburgh ; also, by the same medium, a translation of Medora's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 434 pages
...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... | |
 | William Burckhardt Barker - 1855 - 212 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...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 1 knew it was love, and I felt it was glory. thee ; When it sparkled... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 452 pages
...Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. IV. 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... | |
 | Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley - 1866 - 396 pages
...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... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 428 pages
...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 its spark led o'er aught that was bright in my story, I... | |
 | James Payn - 1868 - 372 pages
...the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. There only 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, Then... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - 1869 - 480 pages
...dear one discover, The thought that 1 was not unworthy to love her. " There chiefly I sought thce, there only I found thee ; Her glance was the hest 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 r;lory."... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - 1869 - 676 pages
...Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover, The 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... | |
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